Kaddisfly
issued two self-released EPs and one LP before they signed with
Hopeless Records
and turned out this nicely crafted and beautifully produced album.
Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn
doesn't do itself any favors by sporting one of the more pretentious album titles of the year, and song titles like
"Eres Tremulent"
and
"For the Ejection of Rest; They'll Dance"
don't do much to ease the misgivings that any sensible person will have when looking over the package. But the music is a pleasant surprise -- emotional without being too bombastic, guitar-heavy and aggressive without ever quite tipping over into punkiness,
's sound will probably be categorized by the lazy as
emo
, but there's quite a bit more to it than that.
"For the Ejection of Rest"
flirts with
dub
, while
"Osmosis in C"
is unapologetically jazzy; other tracks contain strong hints of a
math rock
inclination amongst the guitarists. The album's final number, a ten-and-a-half-minute long epic titled
"Horses Galloping on Sailboats,"
feels like self-indulgent filler, but everything else succeeds at being simultaneously fun, smart and interesting. ~ Rick Anderson