The Moon Rang Like a Bell
Featuring four college friends from Gainesville, Fla., Hundred Waters are an unlikely signing to Skrillex\'s OWSLA label, home to such EDM big shots as Porter Robinson and Zedd. Instead of dubstep bombast, this four-piece traffic in ethereal post-rock, a mix of soaring ambient textures, melancholic synth melodies, and fidgety rhythms, all anchored by Nicole Miglis\' seraphic vocals. With its celestial strings and deep bass, \"Cavity\" evokes Portishead, while the stuttering beats and airy melodies of \"Xtal\" (plus the title itself) are directly descendent from Aphex Twin. If there\'s one thing the band have in common with their iconoclastic label head, it\'s scale: both acts are enamored of grandly cinematic electronic statements, of which *The Moon Rang Like a Bell* is a stunning example.
The second full-length from Hundred Waters is not an evolution so much as a refinement. If 2012’s Hundred Waters saw the electro-folk band sketching out the borders of their sound, The Moon Rang Like a Bell finds them zeroing in on what they do best and going deeper.
The second full-length from Hundred Waters is not an evolution so much as a refinement. If 2012’s Hundred Waters saw the electro-folk band sketching out the borders of their sound, The Moon Rang Like a Bell finds them zeroing in on what they do best and going deeper.
For their second album, the Florida quartet tips the scales more toward digital favor while still maintain their knack for mysticism and naturalistic allure.
For their second album, the Florida quartet tips the scales more toward digital favor while still maintain their knack for mysticism and naturalistic allure.
Check out our album review of Artist's The Moon Rang Like a Bell on Rolling Stone.com.
Check out our album review of Artist's The Moon Rang Like a Bell on Rolling Stone.com.
Hundred Waters' new album is one of those that functions best under specific circumstances: in particular, late at night, with headphones on. Listening alone is probably best, too.
Hundred Waters' new album is one of those that functions best under specific circumstances: in particular, late at night, with headphones on. Listening alone is probably best, too.