MANTIS // GLINT - TRANS BLUE MULTICOLOUR MARBLE (LP)
MANTIS // GLINT - TRANS BLUE MULTICOLOUR MARBLE (LP) RELEASE DATE: 27 Nov 2020 After turning heads with their performance at dunk!2019, we had to bring Belgium's own Mantis on board for their second album, which comes to us now in the double-vinyl form of Glint! Building upon their blended-style philosophy, this muscular, energetic album finds a crossroads of metal, post-rock, stoner/psych, and danceable alt-rock where it all intertwines with harmonious fluidity and impressive confidence. Ever moving, developing and primed to strike, Glint! achieves stirring melodic heights without ever easing its foot off the gas, the ideal remedy for post-rock fans that are allergic to boredom. The band gains the strong diversity of its sound from a gathering of myriad musical tastes. Not just beholden to heavy rock music, they cite as sources of inspiration genres ranging from Americana to emo to country to funk and beyond. This is reflected in an album that presents a warm and pleasing familiarity