The Rocky Mountains.

December 3, 2010, 1 comments

When not playing guitar in Teen Daze or making music under his moniker Bank Heist, Matthew Joel hailing from the fraser valley of British Colombia spends his time making beautiful, atmospheric under his self-titled solo project. In his very newest The Rocky Mountains EP (which you can download for free via bandcamp), Joel moves from cold and calming ambient tunes to the wondrous post-rock, sometimes with hints of electronic, giving many the six different tracks on the EP names of valleys, mountains and lakes within the postcard landscapes of the US west coast. However, just as the driest deserts of Death Valley can bloom with wildflowers in all the colors of the rainbow after some rare periods of rain; so can the music of Matthew Joel — leaving you with the everlasting feeling that beauty never is far away.

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By Tonje