PRESS:
"Heavy music fans with an Isis album in their collection, or even the casual connoisseur of instrumental rock, should be front and center for Seattle’s X Suns (you say the X — like, Ten Suns) set at Volume this year. The band makes sweeping soundtracks that are both beautiful and brutal, and has become revered on the west side for its technicality and honestly sort of ridiculous musical c
hops" - The Inlander & Volume Fest
http://volume.inlander.com/x-suns/
"If you're a fan of dark, winding instrumentals, do yourself a favor and put X Suns on your "to listen" list. The Seattle trio sit somewhere in the middle of the brutal intensity of Russian Circles and the firework-filled wall of sound of Explosions in the Sky. Lay back, close your eyes, allow it to envelop you and carry you away to sea." - MEGAN SELING (The Stranger)
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"X Suns (pronounced TEN SUNS) is instrumental heavy rock and roll at it’s finest. Prepare yourself for a nonstop epic ride through dense guitar layers and head-rattling drums. Also their lights are probably some of the best I’ve seen from a local band, so grab some psychedelics before you show up." -seattlecore.org
"At the Josephine you can catch the epic lights and sounds of X Suns, easily one of the most badass bands coming out of Seattle right now." -seattlecore.org
(http://www.gladiatorseatfire.com/seattlecore/)
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Album Review from the Seattle Weekly:
"X SUNS
s/t
Self-Released
Out now
Post-rock has never garnered much mainstream appeal, which is a shame, since there's something beautifully simple about pushing the boundaries of key signatures, bar chords and the ever humdrum 4/4 rock beat. Stripping a song of lyrics and vocals puts a heavy emphasis on pure, uncensored instrumentation. The orphaned child of metal and the second-cousin of math rock. Unlike many other post-rock bands, however, Seattle's X SUNS has created an album centered around tranquility and harmonics, as opposed to simply speed. The opening track from s/t, "In Irons," starts slow and unnoticeably crescendos into a mesmerizing chorus of cymbals, rolling toms and resonating guitars before falling away again to a steady hi-hat and some additional fills. The whole album progresses this way, floating between minor-breakdowns and melodic riffs. "Lion Cave," the closing track and my personal favorite off the album, seems to hit the breakdown early-on and never lets go, with rolling, rolling, rolling drums and uplifting guitar singing back-and-forth in a conversational manner. There's one principal beat, a single repeating melody, but an infinite amount of layers upon layers. s/t as a whole plays as if each and every single note was placed with utmost purpose and plan, which I admire. Sure, you wouldn't want to dance to this record, and I'd be the first to say you wouldn't leave it in your car indefinitely. It's a niche album, filling a niche need. But that need, of breaking walls and simply floating in your head as you absorb the aural picture created by dazzling guitar and sensational backbeats, is worth every penny. Plus, if you've never seen a post-rock show live, you don't know what you're missing."
-Joe Williams of the Seattle Weekly
Source:
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2012/03/_x_suns_st_self-released.php
