This band makes such melodramatic, silly music, but I kinda love it?
Echoey piano, haunting flute, dramatic lyrics. A track like "Talas" is so earnest that it could be part of the Titanic soundtrack. It's campy, overambitious, and not tight at all.
Still, I like the music. "The Apocalyptic Theater" does the unsubtle but still enjoyable trick where a male vocalist growls as the accompaniment to a woman singing prettily. The guitars occasionally lay down some cool heavy melodies. And I don't find myself getting bored.
Sojourner has actually produced a few albums like this one, so if you like Premonitions, check out the others. My favorite track of theirs is still "Aeons of Valor" from Empires of Ash, which is so silly but completely works for me.
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