History Of The Visitation

epic new work from guapo. prepare yourself for an experience that's simultaneously otherworldly and assaultive. on paper, the music of guapo reads like a riddle - the british quartet's sound is based around ideas like controlled chaos, atonal harmony, uplifting darkness, and beautiful destruction. nothing about the band or their work seems to adhere to even the most open-minded set of preconceptions about the meaning of umbrella terms like 'rock,' or 'progressive,' or even 'experimental.' but when you abandon the need to reconcile any of these concepts with each other, and simply let their latest album, history of the visitation, speak for itself, everything becomes radiantly clear. history of the visitation is the ninth album from the forward-looking foursome, and their second for cuneiform records (their first one was 2004's five suns), and they've since released black oni (2005) on ipecac and elixirs (2008) on neurot recordings.