Following on from last week’s review of And So I Watch You From Afar’s upcoming album, the video for Set Guitars to Kill has just been uploaded to Vimeo.  Check it out!

And So I Watch You From Afar – Set Guitars To Kill from Smalltown America on Vimeo.

(I can see myself in the crowd!)

The instrumental rock scene (commonly labelled as ‘post-rock’ – much to the chagrin of most bands within the genre) has seen rapid growth over recent years.  Clones of Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky are all too common, and at times it almost seems inevitable that the genre is doomed to becoming monotonously repetitive and formulaic.  Every now and then, however, the genre produces something innovative and refreshing which stands head and shoulders above the rest; walking tall in the face of mediocrity.  Enter Northern Ireland 4-piece And So I Watch You From Afar and their eponymous, full-length album.

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