The Appleseed Cast
The End of the Ring Wars
1998, Deep Elm Records
emo, indie rock
½
One of my favorite things as a music lover and the blogger here is to find the old albums of a band or an artist I particularly like. I came across this debut of The Appleseed Cast, and like many other debut albums by other artists, it was almost completely dissimilar to their most recent work.
The Appleseed Cast
Sagarmatha
2009, The Militia Group
post-rock, indie
½
If Peregrine was The Appleseed Cast’s epic concept album, Sagarmatha is their most aesthetically pleasing. While not as cohesive, there is a certain honesty and root-sy rock throughout Sagarmatha that lifts this album to the top of the post-rock heap.
The Appleseed Cast
Peregrine
2006, The Militia Group
post-rock, alt rock
½
While one could argue that The Appleseed Cast always create concept albums, Peregrine is probably their most cohesive and conceptual album to date. Centered around the story of a young girl who is murdered by her father and returns to haunt him, this album is filled with [...]