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Headphone Commute Review

Headphone Commute | 01/13/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've been listening to Yndi Halda for a while now, and it's an album that does not get old or tiresome. Rather, like a trip back home after a nostalgic year, the melodies are at once recognized and welcomed back with the feelings upon the very first listen. This is a first EP from a Canterbury (UK) based five piece instrumental post-rock band, although it has been floating around ever since its initial release as a three-track demo. Since then, Yndi Halda (which literally means "Enjoy Eternal Bliss" in Old Norse, a Medieval Scandinavian language) got signed by three labels, toured around the globe, and achieved world-wide distribution deal in February 2007. One of the band's talented members is James Vella, with an excellent release on Dynamophone Records under his side-project moniker A Lily [more on that later]. I'm going to skip all the adjectives and simply recommend this album, for the likes of This Will Destroy You, This Is Your Captain Speaking, Joy Wants Eternity and Caspian. Favorite tracks - all of them."

Unbelievable!

Tyler | Ontario, Canada | 03/19/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As an album, this is absoutely amazing. But as an EP, this is unbelievable.



I'm finding it difficult to describe this album in words. All that I can reccomend doing is listening to it. Describing such an amazing piece of music would be near-impossible. The climaxes found in Enjoy Eternal Bliss (ESPECIALLY the one found in We Flood Empty Lakes) is enough to make your jaw drop. I'm 100% serious.



I may have to order this, as it was sent over the internet by a friend. This is too good of an album not to own."

Look no Further

Jordan C. Myers | 12/30/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My Only hope is the band strives to continue on a path of reminiscent of Godspeed You Black Emperor, Mono, and Explosions in the sky to name a few. Considering, if anyone shares any interest in the post rock genre or just something out of the ordinary, Yndi speaks with such emotion offering a plethora of instruments combined together in a way to express meaning beyond that of traditional mainstream rock bands today. There is a lot here to love in the EP, as all the songs share their own unique flow and all of them are great! Highly Recommended to anyone a fan of Post-Rock or anyone, in general, for that matter."