Nightendday (Pelican) (LP 3473 - 3475)

Pelican Australasia (CD, Hydra Head Records, 2003) ****  

Pelican What We All Come To Need (CD, Southern Lord Records, 2009) *****  

Pelican Nighttime Stories (CD, Hydra Head Records, 2003) *****  

Genre: Post metal

Places I remember: Fopp, HMV

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Drought (Australasia), Ephemeral (WWACTN)

Gear costume: Glimmer (WWACTN) 

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5

Active compensatory factors: Keegan first introduced me to the delights of Pelican, a post metal band from Chicago. 

Australasia was their debut album. Members at that time were: Trevor de Brauw – guitar, Bryan Herweg – bass, Larry Herweg – drums, Laurent Schroeder-Lebec – guitar.

Their music is perfect for marking to, as it's all instrumental riff post rock. So, we are treated to dense combinations of different melodies, and they wig out with extended songs. It's great. I love their sound. NZ band Jakob were obviously listening to this and other instrumental post rock bands like Isis. 

What We All Come To Need was their fourth album. It takes on some darker textures and is a tad more melodic as well. It's also notable as the first Pelican album to have a song with vocals (last track - Final Breath). I think the album is a work of genius!! I can listen to this one on repeat without a problem.

Nighttime Stories is a continuation of their approach with great results. If anything, it's the heaviest of the three albums with some great droning riffs. They were clearly influenced by Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath for this one.

Where do they all belong? Always keen to add to my Pelican albums.