Somewhere in the outskirts of Austin, TX lies a beautiful landscape of its surroundings. A city with heavy clay and loam soils, where the western suburbs consist those rolling hills that's on the edge of the Lone Star state. But also, two friends reuniting from their time with the instrumental outfit This Will Destroy You have formed a new collaborative project.
You, infinite is a project between two friends that have been around for three decades; Jeremy Galindo and Raymond Brown. After Brown left TWDY, he went on to pursue a career in medicine. As he continued to write music and established a successful practice in Austin, the pandemic hit. He wrote some ideas and arrangements with the help of his fellow comrade living in Los Angeles.
As the two begin working on creative ideas during those tricky times nearly five years ago, they brainstormed digitally in order to create the you, infinite sound that took three years to complete, and bringing their debut album to life. Listening to this album released on the Pelagic Records label, you feel as if you're inside a dream, revealing the nightmare that occurred when the world came to a screeching halt.
'The Elder' sits in with a post-rock / post-punk attitude. With its Radiohead-like vibe, followed by the sounds of The Cure and Joy Division rolled into one, it's the sound of the pounding drum kit that sets up the thunderous atmosphere and rain-dripping guitar effects to set up the loss of innocence floating around the person's point of view before going into a moody dream sequence between mourning organs, lullaby surroundings, and gentle acoustic flow by reaching towards the light.
'Understated' uses a beautiful portrayal of walking through the remembrance of your childhood, knowing that while it's tempting to relive the past, we can't go back and change history. It is what it is.
They set up the atmospheric boundaries to feel the power of loss by taking us through the emotions that hits you, piece by piece. Brown and Galindo understood the situation throughout. 'Throughlines' is a walk into the unknown that has elements of Talk Talk's The Colour of Spring that comes to mind, mixed in with His Name is Alive's 'Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Outlooking' that shines brightest in the medium of heavier guitar tones to set the climax, up and running.
'Cutter' features this ambient setting of heading towards the Grey Havens that's upon us, knowing that we have to depart and be free from all of the pain and hardship and leaving it up to the next generation to see where they'll take this next chapter in their lives while 'Loop 20' uses a driven escape from Austin to the beautiful oceanic views of South Padre Island and Corpus Christi in all of its glory by being free from all of the chaos that we endured during those hefty times.
The usage of the mellotron comes in handy as they gallop their way back home by using a 'Dormant.' With its intense arrangements to build upon a strong sense of searing through the opened doors, the duo go into this vibrant tango groove to set up the dance of heavy rotations that'll send ballet dancers going incredibly, loud beat that gets them not just exhausted, but wanting to do more of what was coming from the speakers.
The right album at the right time for to release their sole self-titled debut by kicking things off for 2025 with a big bang. And it's a strong meditated release that'll be talked about in the years to come.