Pericardium

Salutary

Sometimes you can know a bands sound by it's name but what the hell does Pericardium sound like?

Record Label: None
Release Year: 2009
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Pericardium's album Salutary with it's lush sound and floating synths gave me an irie feeling of nostalgia, of being a freshmen driving to "High" School with my Senior sister in her '89 Toyota listening to her mix tape of the Cranberries. In fact I still have her mix tape but found myself with no tape player. Salutary reminds me of those times that we keep close to our hearts. Maybe that is where they pulled the name Pericardium from "A double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels" (Definition provided by Wikipedia). In this case the band's name defines ones reaction to the sound and not the actual sound. Give a heavy listen to the track "Ecliptic Corridor". Have you ever woken up in an opium den with naked chics covered in grapes? No? Neither have I! Somehow Pericardium especially when they go on tangents, like they do on this track has convinced me. They have! The track "Ataraxia's End" is the longest track packing in the full range of sound of Pericardium in 5:09. It is a Pink Floyd gone The Who with vocal stylings of a Hutchence gone Morrissey and wait, now I hear a double bass pedal getting ready for take off. They are all over the place with their musical stylings on Salutary. All over the place with an unlikely excitement of where can they bring it next. The epoch contradiction from the titled track "Salutary" to "A Hymn for Doves to the Rhythm of Hawks" defines this album for me.

Review By BAscene Staff