Chalice Hymnal reflects every musical facet their members have been polishing for the past years, both as musicians and as obsessive vinyl hunters, establishing Grails as an unleashed creative force capable of doing basically anything they want and owning it. Proofs of that versatility are both the dreamy feel of the title track and album opener, cracking up with Amos’ superb drumming, an aspect that would need Missing: Adams Peak.

Grails, a collaborative project between Alex Hall, Emil Amos and Zak Riles, sees a resurrection with their first album in six years. Fitting into the Temporary Residence catalogue with ease, Chalice Hymn is adventurous jazz-tinged post-rock that brings to mind Mogwai as much as it does the influence of early Marc compwinsenspeapasebichisancatosment.xyzinfog: Adams Peak.

Description. Rather than pick up where they left off, Grails take the sky-high riff-based heaviness of their earlier albums and distill it into a nuanced, widescreen opus. The perennial influences of midth century Western film scores, obscure library music, and psychedelic krautrock are indelibly imprinted, but Chalice Hymnal exudes an eerie patience in unfurling the many layers of its Missing: Adams Peak.

Rather than pick up where they left off, Grails take the sky-high riff-based heaviness of their earlier albums and distill it into a nuanced, widescreen opus. The perennial influences of midth century Western film scores, obscure library music, and psychedelic krautrock are indelibly imprinted, but Chalice Hymnal exudes an eerie patience in unfurling the many layers of its subtle compwinsenspeapasebichisancatosment.xyzinfog: Adams Peak.

Chalice Hymnal is the first proper full-length from Grails since 's remarkable Deep Politics, although a second collection of their exploratory Black Tar Prophecies EP series arrived in between. As with every Grails album, the group continues to push its sound further, incorporating new influences, instruments, and production compwinsenspeapasebichisancatosment.xyzinfo: $