Leeds quintet Vessels are no strangers to experimentalism. For their third album Dilate, the band have added an electronic pulse to their work, aligning their passion for post-rock wig outs with dance music’s communal rush.
Reference points pop up here and there. The ghost of Talk Talk drifts through Elliptic, for instance, whereas the whole album is reminiscent of the gentle ebb and flow mastered by Jon Hopkins.
Dilate is not just an audio treat, either, as the band have produced a video for each track, in which hacked footage from an obscure 1980s games console (the MB Vectrex, apparently ... no, us neither) is taught to react to the music. Or something. It all looks spectacular in HD anyway.
Have a listen – and watch – using the YouTube player below and let us know your thoughts!
