EtHERSENS - your wandering ghost

Ethersens returns from France to rock you with some powerful shoe-gazing tunes. Cela semble bon pour moi!There's some interesting music to be had out there on the heavier side of things without it all being emo. And I find this latest penchant for mixing heavy rhythms with shoe-gazing is a pretty good way to spend idle time. Think of it as the anti-progressive vibe, where listeners can get back to just experiencing music as a backdrop to life rather than having to concentrate on its intricacies and decipher the meanings of arcane plots and concepts.

French alt metallers Ethersens know how to craft some great music that entertains without demands, as exemplified by their sophomore effort, your wandering ghost. It's a great groovy soundtrack to a road trip or working from home, full of introspective moments of textured guitars and keyboards that occasionally break into waves of crunch and tribal rhythms. In short, I'm loving this stuff.

The Bottom Line: Ethersens is another talented band in a growing subgenre of what I'm calling ambient metal, and makes for an entertaining soundtrack to your daily grind. Vive la France!

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