{"id":7354,"date":"2015-09-21T15:24:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T15:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ghost-of-the-avalanche-this-is\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:16:10","slug":"album-review-ghost-of-the-avalanche-this-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-ghost-of-the-avalanche-this-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review &#8211;\u00a0Ghost of the Avalanche &#8211; This Is Earth EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/3afdc581202f2be6fdd717b36045cb1d\/tumblr_inline_nuzlyxyYbl1t3m09q_540.jpg\" width=\"250\" alt=\"image\" title=\"\">Bath noise-punk duo <b>Ghost of the Avalanche<\/b> aren\u2019t hanging around on their latest EP, <i>\u2018This Is Earth\u2019<\/i>.  Five songs and barely 10 minutes long, it\u2019s a rumbling, dissonant assault of punk, post-punk and indie that is tumultuous and ragged but enjoyable all the same.<\/p>\n<p>What <b>Ghost of the Avalanche<\/b> do well throughout <i> This Is Earth\u2019<\/i> is punctuate the low, rumbling noise with flashes of accessible melody. <i>\u2018City Heat\u2019<\/i> for example is a throbbing, pulsating slab of post-punk noise, yet the \u2018whoah-whoah\u2019s and perky pacing suck you in and spit you out, turning a dirgy noise into something altogether more exciting.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s a similar story throughout <i>\u2018This Is Earth\u2019<\/i>. It\u2019s formulaic \u2013 noise rock meets playful post-punk \u2013 but it\u2019s hugely contagious. Opener and lead single <i>\u2018Volcano\u2019<\/i> is a stomping, raging monster of a track, armed with a killer chorus and plenty of hooks buried beneath the bluster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ghostoftheavalanche.bandcamp.com\/album\/this-is-earth-ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Is Earth &#8211; EP by GHOST OF THE AVALANCHE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i> \u2018Hold Your Fire\u2019<\/i> is a blistering minute of straight up thrashy punk, unpretentious and direct but packed with passion, while <i>\u2018Guns\u2019<\/i> is even more extreme \u2013 barely 40 seconds long yet recalls the nonconformist attitude of Future of the Left. <\/p>\n<p>While I\u2019m a big fan of EPs being short though, <i>\u2018This Is Earth\u2019<\/i> has barely begun before it\u2019s all over. By the time <i>\u2018Two Tribes\u2019<\/i> \u2013 another muscular slice of post-punk \u2013 burns out, you feel like <b>Ghost of the Avalanche<\/b> are just warming up. Of course, this bodes well for a full-length, but it means <i>\u2018This Is Earth\u2019<\/i> leaves you feeling somewhat unfilled. <\/p>\n<p>Still, it\u2019s nice to be able to listen to an entire collection of songs in the time it takes to make your lunch. <\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>&lsquo;This is Earth&rsquo;<\/i> EP by <b>Ghost of the Avalanche<\/b> is out now on <b>Casseblank Records<\/b> and <b>Grebo Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ghost of the Avalanche<\/b> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GhostOfTheAvalanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GHOSTOFTHEAV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"\/\/ghostoftheavalanche.bandcamp.com\/%E2%80%9D\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Rob Mair (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BobNightMair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BobNightMair<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bath noise-punk duo Ghost of the Avalanche aren\u2019t hanging around on their latest EP, \u2018This Is Earth\u2019. Five songs and barely 10 minutes long, it\u2019s a rumbling, dissonant assault of punk, post-punk and indie that is tumultuous and ragged but enjoyable all the same. What Ghost of the Avalanche do well throughout This Is Earth\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4710,1180,4711,15022,4709],"class_list":["post-7354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-casseblank-records","tag-ghost-of-the-avalanche","tag-grebo-records","tag-rob-mair","tag-this-is-earth-ep"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Album Review -\u00a0Ghost of the Avalanche - This Is Earth EP - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bath noise-punk duo Ghost of the Avalanche aren\u2019t hanging around on their latest EP, \u2018This Is Earth\u2019. 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