I was all set to write Sheffield, UK, double-guitar four-piece Naisian off as another boring, over-thought post-metal band, but then, while giving their new Mammalian full-length a listen, I noticed something. They have a song called “Take Me to the Mountain Dew Mountain.” Could it be that there exists a band on this planet playing this kind of music without having their heads shoved so far up their pretentious asses that you can see their faces through their stomachs? Well, it’s true what they say: there really is magic in Britain.

Naisian also earn nerd points for structuring Mammalian‘s five component tracks in order from shortest to longest, starting with the five-minute “Fletcher-Munson” and ending with 11:18 “I am Eustache Dauger.” So, okay, maybe they get down with a little of that “check us out we read books” mentality, but little touches like naming a song “Take Me to the Mountain Dew Mountain” go a long way. I don’t know if I’ll be returning to Mammalian‘s alternating churned peaks and ambient valleys time and again, but they at least gave me a smile on a night I was stuck late at the office, so thanks for that.

Their sundry merchandises are for sale here. Here’s a video of one of the dudes recording in a sombrero:

Tags: Naisian, Sheffield, UK, Unsigned bands

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