{"id":8657,"date":"2015-07-20T13:27:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T21:20:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:20:49","slug":"album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review:\u00a0An Elegy –\u00a0Embrace the Rain EP"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"image\"An Elegy<\/b> are a hard-working metalcore five piece from the Midlands who’ve been locked away for the last year writing, rehearsing and recording their debut EP ‘Embrace the Rain’<\/i>. Judging by what is on offer on this intense collection of songs, it was time well spent. <\/figure>\n

\u2018Ghost\u2019<\/i> opens the show with requisite eeriness and a doom-laden machine gun riff before Sam Appleyard\u2019s guttural multi-layered vocals come crawling out of the grave. Just when you think the song is just going to keep chasing its own tail, a more conventional vocal, which is actually rather good, carries the refrain to an intense conclusion on the back of rolling drums and intricate guitar work; good stuff. <\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

\u2018Hidebound\u2019<\/i> is equally intense with a pummelling riff and some hard-hitting time changes and also features Richard Lardner as an interesting vocal counterpoint. It draws to an abrupt close before segueing into \u2018Chailleann tu me\u2019<\/i> which has a strong air of lament, bordering on ballad territory. <\/p>\n

\u2018VII\u2019<\/i>, on the other hand, starts out as breakneck headbanging fuel, though it once again strays into stop-start time changes and machine gun riffing, as well as featuring rolling drum breaks common to more conventional alternative rock. However, the twists and turns and vocal variety that take the song to its climax keep the listener on their toes. <\/p>\n

\u2018Ghost pt. II\u2019<\/i> picks up where the opening track left off and is in similar vein, as is closer \u2018Embrace the Rain\u2019<\/i>, which at four and a half minutes is the longest track on offer. It neatly showcases the band\u2019s versatility, especially on the interesting middle section of intricate picking which glides atmospherically into the rain-soaked finale. <\/p>\n

This is a surprisingly unpredictable piece of work from An Elegy<\/b>, who seem intent on not restricting themselves to a straightforward metalcore sound. They employ a number of vocal styles and vary their tempos and song structures to dizzying effect, which is fine on an EP, but may need restraining on a longer work. All told though, it\u2019s good stuff and well worth a listen. <\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

‘Embrace the Rain’<\/em> EP by An Elegy<\/strong> is released on 27th July.<\/p>\n

An Elegy<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Edward Layland (@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Elegy are a hard-working metalcore five piece from the Midlands who’ve been locked away for the last year writing, rehearsing and recording their debut EP ‘Embrace the Rain’. Judging by what is on offer on this intense collection of songs, it was time well spent. \u2018Ghost\u2019 opens the show with requisite eeriness and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5113,15028,5158],"class_list":["post-8657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-an-elegy","tag-edward-layland","tag-embrace-the-rain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlbum Review:\u00a0An Elegy -\u00a0Embrace the Rain EP - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An Elegy are a hard-working metalcore five piece from the Midlands who’ve been locked away for the last year writing, rehearsing and recording their\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Album Review:\u00a0An Elegy -\u00a0Embrace the Rain EP - Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An Elegy are a hard-working metalcore five piece from the Midlands who’ve been locked away for the last year writing, rehearsing and recording their\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-20T13:27:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-21T21:20:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nrqljzo8lL1t3m09q_540.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Edward Layland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EdwardLayland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Edward Layland\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Album Review:\u00a0An Elegy -\u00a0Embrace the Rain EP - Already Heard Staging","description":"An Elegy are a hard-working metalcore five piece from the Midlands who’ve been locked away for the last year writing, rehearsing and recording their","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Album Review:\u00a0An Elegy -\u00a0Embrace the Rain EP - Already Heard Staging","og_description":"An Elegy are a hard-working metalcore five piece from the Midlands who’ve been locked away for the last year writing, rehearsing and recording their","og_url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/","og_site_name":"Already Heard Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","article_published_time":"2015-07-20T13:27:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-21T21:20:49+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nrqljzo8lL1t3m09q_540.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Edward Layland","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EdwardLayland","twitter_site":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Edward Layland","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/"},"author":{"name":"Edward Layland","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/11c13007dfba29fee4dd833752d9eaaf"},"headline":"Album Review:\u00a0An Elegy –\u00a0Embrace the Rain EP","datePublished":"2015-07-20T13:27:10+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-21T21:20:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/"},"wordCount":380,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nrqljzo8lL1t3m09q_540.jpg","keywords":["An Elegy","Edward Layland","Embrace The Rain"],"articleSection":["Album Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/","name":"Album Review:\u00a0An Elegy -\u00a0Embrace the Rain EP - Already Heard Staging","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nrqljzo8lL1t3m09q_540.jpg","datePublished":"2015-07-20T13:27:10+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-21T21:20:49+00:00","description":"An Elegy are a hard-working metalcore five piece from the Midlands who’ve been locked away for the last year writing, rehearsing and recording their","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-an-elegy-embrace-the-rain-ep\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nrqljzo8lL1t3m09q_540.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nrqljzo8lL1t3m09q_540.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","name":"Already Heard Staging","description":"Covering the best in alternative music as best as we can","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization","name":"Already Heard","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Already Heard"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","https:\/\/x.com\/alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alreadyheard\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/already-heard\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AlreadyHeardMusic","https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@alreadyheard"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/11c13007dfba29fee4dd833752d9eaaf","name":"Edward Layland","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ce26535a2c9445341ad834430953bd30281eec46cf7ca7a6719a6d2c0526797?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ce26535a2c9445341ad834430953bd30281eec46cf7ca7a6719a6d2c0526797?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ce26535a2c9445341ad834430953bd30281eec46cf7ca7a6719a6d2c0526797?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Edward Layland"},"description":"Lives in Rio de Janeiro. Writes in England. Runs anywhere and everywhere.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/EdwardLayland"],"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/author\/edwardlayland\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37557,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions\/37557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}