The wall of sound: a metaphor that appears to have run its course. Just as it seems that its significance is lost in an era of overwhelmingly loud and aggressive music, El Terran revitalizes the tired phrase and imbues it with powerful new meaning. Drawing on the violent and epic aural roadblocks of bands like Envy and Sigur Ros, El Terran erects an edifice of staggering melodic force, accosting the listener not only the with the sheer volume and density of its sound, but also with its devastating harmony and interplay. But where other bands would be overwhelmed by this sonic product and leave it as instrumental music or smatter it with unintrusive screams, El Terran fearlessly navigates new territory. Jazz vocalist Katie Perman layers her lush, coruscant voice inside and over the crushing wall of sound, lending it a coherence and pop sensibility as of yet unexplored. El Terran represents an exceptional amalgam of Edmonton talent, pooled from active and area acts such as Run With the Hunted, snic, Hundred Acre Wood, The Line Atlantic, Veil Maker, the.stars.wept., Compromise, The Preshure Point, and Encompase. Their debut self-released 7-inch will arrive in the fall of 2006.
