VASA – ‘Heroics’
From a thundering opening in ‘Childhood’ to a bombastic closing in ‘Settle’, VASA know exactly what they want to achieve with their second album. The Scottish post-rock outfit burst onto the scene with a widely well-received debut that, while a bit safe, slotted itself into the genre nicely. So it’s with keen interest and high expectations that folks would turn to see what was next on the agenda. Fortunately, ‘Heroics’ is a sophomore triumph, one that circumvents the gloom of post-rock and substitutes it with something the genre is sorely lacking in: optimism. Everything, from the proficient performances by each member of the quartet, to the subtextual themes of the album (which the group describe as focusing on rebellion through “the act of embracing who we never really stopped being”), p...
