release date: Mar. 18, 2013
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,25]
producer: Kashmir
label: Columbia Records / Sony Music - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 2. "Piece of the Sun" - 3. "Peace in the Heart" - 4. "Seraphina" - 7. "Purple Heart"
7th studio album by Kashmir. The album's title is apparently an abbreviation for 'Eternally Amplified Restlessness' [!] - whatever that is supposed to suggest! The album marks yet another change of style - now into bolder dream pop. It also introduces sampling taken from electronic styles. There's a quiet and ambient feel to several songs as heard on chamber pop and art pop releases, making me think of Teitur ("Piece of the Sun") and / or Efterklang, Agnes Obel, or even Sigur Rós. As usual, when Kashmir incorporates new styles and genres in its music, it hardly ever suggest originality, and neither does this. This newest installation is yet another mediocre release from Kashmir-the-copycats.
