Outrun the Sunlight - Where Every Word Spoken, Speaks

     I've written about Chicago prog outfit Outrun the Sunlight before, but it was in the long, long ago of last summer. Back then, the band's second LP Terrapin was still under construction and the song I was writing about (a track called "Spirit") was just an early look at the then-unreleased final record.

     Fast forward to around nowishly, and Terrapin has been out since December, kicking ass and taking names instrumental style. Factor in the recent playthrough video posted by guitarist Austin Peters, and you've got the perfect excuse to check out some more Outrun the Sunlight in the form of "When Every Word Speaks, Spoken". 

     The band's basic formula for heavy is still essentially the same as it was on "Spirit" -- downtuned groove meets interesting chord choices meets melodic tap tap tapping -- but that doesn't make the formula any less tasty, or any less well conceived and executed. Have a listen and see what you think.

Saturday: Outrun the Sunlight - Spirit

     We're going to keep the more or less instrumental good times going tonight with another slice of lyricless goodness. Since this is the first track to be released from this band's upcoming album, I can't promise you things will stay this instrumental, but based on this track I wouldn't be too upset if they do.

     Listening to Outrun the Sunlight's "Spirit" definitely gives the impression that, fully instrumental album or not, this song is a kind of transition from one place to another. It has a feeling of building up that sounds like it's going somewhere good. Things start out a little moodier and more atmospheric before giving way to some djenty riffing that carries through the rest of the track and provides a bed for some melodic leadwork.

     I don't know if the rest of the band's upcoming Terrapin will be like this, or how this track fits into the rest of the album, but you can mark me down as intrigued on this one.