Don't Look Back - Brighter

"For the most part France is missing from the instrumental world. Every now and then a French band appears with an interesting sound, only to disappear again into obscurity without making a mark on the world. Don't Look Back might be the first French instrumental band you really need to pay attention to. Taking a multifaceted approach to the post-rock genere, Don't Look Back combines audio samples with gut-wrenching screams and slams it on top of a post-rock instrumentation that quickly drops from angelic, quiet sounds to blistering metallic riffs. Brighter is one of those albums that many will sit through with jaw wide-open, shocked and amazed by the sounds washing over their body. Much like Rosetta's The Galilean Satellites, Brighter leaves the listener with the punched-in-the-stomach feeling that begs for more. This may or may not be the beginning of a movement for French instrumental bands, but in any case Don't Look Back has shown that they are a band to be taken seriously." - Jordan Volz, silent ballet
Download: mediafire(link fixed)
Label/Date: Noise Digger Records, 2005
Standout tracks: 7, 9
Genre: post-rock/metal
From: France
LIYL: 65daysofstatic, Isis, Rosetta, Mogwai, Red Sparowes, Tool
Website: www.dontlookbackmusic.com
Purchase: noisedigger