Dredg
El Cielo (Interscope)
by Tim Den
Why can’t modern rock sound like this? Ambitious, melodic streams of aggression mixed with cloud-splitting choruses that raise your arms to the sky. Enigmatic, ebbing slowly toward an outerworld destination, the perfect combination of modern heavy music’s muscle and Sunny Day Real Estate’s spiritual vibes.
Dredg do not pummel the listener with wall-to-wall Marshalls, nor do they finick with their instruments and bore you to death. They massage their unique mixture into your skin by constantly furnishing it with interesting instruments and playing techniques… your musical back is sighing with pleasure.
(www.dredg.com)