Moving Mountains - Pneuma (2008)
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September 18, 2008
Moving Mountains is a New York-based indie rock band. Combining emotional vocals with elements of post-rock, the band has often been compared to such acts as The Appleseed Cast and Thrice.
Moving Mountains was formed in Westchester, New York in 2005 by Gregory Dunn (guitar/vocals) and Nicholas Pizzolato (drums). A self-titled demo was leaked to the public in early 2006 and their debut album Pneuma was released independently in early 2007. Later that year, Frank Graniero (guitar/vocals) and Mitchell Lee (bass) completed the band’s line-up. In 2008, Pneuma was reissued by Deep Elm.
I first heard of this band in an interview that we conducted with the members of The Cast Before the Break and they said that they would love to tour with these guys non-stop but for some reason I didn’t ever get around to listening to them. Then absolutepunk just did their 200 bands that you need to know about and the description under this band was, “If this list were only one band, this band would be that band.” So I immediately check them out and dug it so I grabbed the cd off of amazon and I highly recommend it. Since I’ve listened to this, I can now hear the influence that this band had on The Cast Before the Break.
You will be hard pressed to find a more epic sounding album that came out over the last year than this one. It has everything you need for a rock album. Lots of melodies, a little screaming, epic, epic songs, and a ballad. Highly recommended.
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