It’s impressive that considering the way it was made and a testament to the talent of the musicians and producer that they’ve made this album of this quality. The tracks build with a nice chunky guitar riff and some meaty drums before ending in a rather abrupt way. The drums are sometimes distant and it would be nice to hear them brought to the forefront a bit more. One of the guitars picking out the melody. ‘Everyone You’ve Ever Known’ opens again with a melodic, atmospheric feel. The tracks build to a crescendo several times before dying away and ending with a rather triumphant sounding ending. A Russian Circles-esque guitar sits perfectly with the bass and drums to add some heft to the track. With three guitarists there is plenty of layering but they are all given plenty of space to breathe. The guitars soon kick in adding a far more positive feel to the track. Next up is ‘The Audient Void’, picking up where the previous track left off it starts with an ambient synth that is soon joined by quiet guitars and a snippet of spoken word. It has a feeling that it could suddenly bloom into something but instead patiently keeps its pace and acts as an appetiser for the rest of the album. The album opens with ‘I AM A FREE MAN I AM NOT A NUMBER’, a short introduction with swirling synths adding an ethereal depth to the track with some soft bass and a simple guitar motif. But under the old adage of adapt and survive they did just that.īeneath a Steel Sky by Beneath a Steel Sky It’s remarkable that the project even got off the ground let alone make a full length record.
Made up of 6 people based in and around Glasgow, four of the members who had never met.
An atmospheric, instrumental post-rock outfit. Beneath a Steel Sky is a project born out of this situation. The one saving grace for the whole thing is that we live in an age of technology and that means that we can communicate, and collaborate musically that 10 years ago would have been impossible. So, suddenly many people, bored and frustrated of an unsettling and uncertain time needed to find a creative outlet. For many people in the creative field this is not just a 9 to 5 job it’s a way of life and gives many people a purpose. The entertainment industry, sadly, was one of the latter. As some people retreated to their country pads many others had their lives collapse around them. To paraphrase someone ‘we’re all in the same storm, just in different boats’ which perfectly sums up the situation we all found ourselves in during the COVID epidemic lockdown.
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