VIMTV Episode #132: Red Sparowes – The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer

Jake: Recommended, 81/100

Tom: Recommended, 78/100

Overview: This is a great post-rock album made up of great guitar work reminiscent of Pink Floyd via David Gilmore and fantastic bass lines.  Red Sparowes, through the cunning use of song titles, have created the soundtrack to the apocalypse.  For some reason, “The Fear is Excruciating” can be hard to recall after a listen due to the album’s near perfect flow and transitioning; really this is just the fantastic post-rock arrangements begging you for a full-album experience rather than a track sample on Pandora.

Recommended Similar Artists: Saxon Shore, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Explosions in the Sky

Jake’s Track Picks: 

• 3. A Hail of Bombs
• 4. Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors
• 5. A Swarm
• 7. A Mutiny

Tom’s Track Picks: 

• 2. In Illusions of Order
• 3. A Hail of Bombs
• 4. Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors

VIMTV Research Links:

• Sargent House overview of Red Sparowes
• Red Sparowes Band Website
• Wikipedia – Red Sparowes
• Red Sparowes Myspace
• Red Sparowes – The Fear is Excruciating… reviews at Metacritic

“The Swarm” live:

Red Sparowes interview:

“Hail of Bombs” Audio: