To describe how Goat sounds would do a disservice to them. Yeah, you can call them psychedelic, you can call them Folk, but that doesn’t tell you anything you need to know about this band. Requiem is some other animal entirely. The album is thirteen different songs, but it’s also one larger piece with a beginning, middle, and end. So instead of a droll album review that does nothing to help you decide whether or not you should listen to this incredible album, here is a list things that I thought of while listening to this album:
The Talking Heads
Bjork
Arcade Fire’s Funeral
Paul Simon’s Graceland
Terry Riley (mostly In C, but other pieces as well)
Peruvian Flute Bands (which will become obvious upon first listen)
The Mars Volta
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Koyaanisqatsi (the movie and Phillip Glass’ soundtrack)
The dream sequence in Altered States
The Firebird (Stravinsky)
The Planet Mars
Furniture made from real wood, Teak or Walnut
Kurt Vonnegut’s prose
The Anthology of American Folk Music
Certain scenes from Cameron Crowe movies where everything is golden.
“Golden” by My Morning Jacket
Handmade rugs
Dogs
Where the Wild Things Are (the book)
Haitian primitivism
Phasers/Flangers
If any of number of these things interest you, then you should surely take a listen to Requiem; something so entirely something else that you can only listen to it.
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Article: Christopher Gilson
