"Dream Signals in Full Circles" could just as well be the background noise in an hour of television; each of the tracks is inoffensive, generic, and could be the backing music behind ads for any number of products, pharmaceuticals, or services. Listenable, but utterly forgettable.
I downloaded this album, listened to it once, thought, "Oh well, you can't win 'em all. Nothing horrible here, just nothing inspiring." Then a few months later, after getting a new computer onto which I had not transferred my music from my old computer, I saw this as one of my saved albums. So, I downloaded it again, listened to it once and thought, "Oh well, you can't win 'em all. Nothing horrible here, just nothing inspiring." A few days later, I transferred all of my music to my new computer and thought, "Oh, darn..."
This is not a terribal record, but not a good one either. The main problem with it is there are a million of these post-emo instumental type bands out there, and there is little to set Tristeza apart from the rest. The drummer is really bad, and has real tempo issues in the odd time signatures they sometimes try to use. There is a nice crystaly guitar tone throughout the record, and at moments the rest of the band shines. Overall not bad, I haven't deleted it from my ipod yet, good in shuffle mode.
This is one of the beloved gems in my CD library. This is warm, relaxing, uplifting, and atmospheric post-rock. The perfect album for lounging on the hammock and dreaming.
