Rolo Tomassi – ‘Where Myth Becomes Memory’ [Album Review]

“There is no band on Earth quite like Rolo Tomassi” is quite a lofty statement to make so let’s hope that, by the end of Where Myth Becomes Memory, Rolo Tomassi’s first new music since 2018’s stunning Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It, whoever made that claim isn’t eating those words. A band impossible to pigeonhole, the Sheffield outfit kicks off with the gentle, atmospheric “Almost Always” where you get the first exposure to vocalist Eva Korman’s dreamy, serene vocals. The kind of opener that immediately tosses your expectations out of the nearest window, the track’s tender tones make way for more familiar sounds as the band lurch into “Cloaked.” Now, even as early as the second track, it’s clear to see that this is going to be an album of many moods as the jarring, stuttering hardcore...

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