Breaths is a solo Blackgaze/Doomgaze artist from the United States. On January 1st, 2022, Breaths released his second studio album, which would gratify Alcest, Deftones, Holy Fawn, Deafheaven, Sleep Token, Lantlos, and Astronoid fans. The album was released through Trepanation Recordings.
Introduction:
Breaths, Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Breaths and his album, Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features metallic wall-of-sound riffs, various tempos, chord playing, and slow, dreamlike/progressive moments. The Second Sin, The Vocals: interchanging shrieking and ethereal vocals. The Third Sin—The Percussions: This delves into the vast world of interchanging slow hypnotic beats and aggressive drum beats.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: Creating this pianissimo to fortissimo (dreamlike) atmosphere journey
As one finds the right moment and mood, to sit and relax with headphones (an enjoyable and experiencing way to listen to this magical fruit of art), and let the music take the listener on a journey through Jason‘s personal experiences, both light and dark. This will leave the listener feeling that though life has turned out nothing as he imagined.
As soon as the listener presses the play button, (I think that) Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt is a continuation to Breaths‘s debut release Lined In Silver (an expanding dream). This brings the listener to the closing of Lined In Silver, and its closing track In Repose where the listener comes to (approx.) the last one minute of the piece, which closes with an ethereal atmosphere ending.
— continuing with the dream with the opening track, The Elders, which welcomes the listener to short, aggressive riffs and shrieks (feeling like waking up from a nightmare), which unfolds in a slow ethereal atmosphere and vocals and interchanging with an aggressive atmosphere.
Following suit with the remaining five songs, where the music draws the listener into this dreamlike atmosphere and further expands on the sound established on the debut, Lined in Silver while remaining fresh and exciting.
Simultaneously, the album creates a relaxing and smooth release that welcomes a transfixing atmosphere. Jason has made his music fresh, exciting, appealing, epic, awe-inspiring opus of such magnitude, defining the genre/style classification tradition of creating something unique by combining various elements and enveloping the pieces together with perfection (well-balanced, each element doesn’t overpower each other).
This includes the Avast textural soundscape of post-metal, the aggressive black metal attitude, the slow and sorrowful of doom metal, progressive metal, post-hardcore punk, and post-rock. The tint of ambient, dark, brooding, melancholy, ethereal soundscape, heavy and soft moments (dreamy and mellow textures), slight head-nodding moments, droning, ethereal vocals of shoegaze/black metal shrieks, use of volume and tempo changes.
Thus creating this pianissimo to fortissimo (dreamlike) atmosphere journey, that’s topped with six equally solid, strongly composed songs, with lyrics of sorrowful and meaningful meaning, top-notch production in sound, with overwhelming and awe-inspiring devilmanship. It is also a release that’s genuinely transfixing and entertaining (surprising) from the moment of play and draws the listener deep within the music – not to be missed.
The album comes to an end with the last song, The Wayward. We want to give a shoutout to Breaths for letting us review his album, Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “The Elders”
PlayThe Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Breaths and his album, Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, I’m always impressed by the sound, compositions, and production of Breaths’ devilmanship. They’re always crystal clear, perfectly executed, well-structured and pushing the boundaries.
It’s the perfect accompaniment to Jason‘s cosy and relaxing atmosphere, making it an ideal place to unwind and let go of all your stress, transporting you to another dimension of your imagination.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
has a meaningful and sorrowful meaning […]
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Breaths, and his album Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.
This concludes the Breaths, Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt, review.
Track-Listing:
- The Elders
- The Patriarch
- The Empty
- The Matriarch
- The Wayward
Breaths is:
- Jason Roberts – vocals, guitar, bass, programming, engineering/production, mixing, mastering
