Rex Ardour
"This is an incredibly ambitious debut. Pulling influence from all over the spectrum of heavy music and beyond, they really are difficult to categorize... Progressive, heavy, melodic, jazzy, and damn catchy, this album had me switching from dancing to headbanging periodically. Never a dull moment on this album!" welcometothemetal.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/album-review-lp01-by-homecoming/Favorite track: Return.
Green plains
Stretch out behind
Noon brings the fire
To dry out your eyes
Deep forest vale
Evening prevails
Night shuts her door
To reject the sun
[...] The debut album from this French trio offers up a taste of what I'm sure will be an amazing career. With such a wide array of sonic variations presented on “LP-01”, I honestly cannot imagine what will come next from Homecoming, but I sure can't wait to find out. (thesludgelord.blogspot.com)
[...] The intricacy in how the nine-minute “Return” develops and the harmonies that emerge early in closer “Five” tell the tale clearly of Homecoming’s ambitions as they move forward from this already-ambitious debut. (theobelisk.net)
[...] It’s a pity that “LP01” as HOMECOMING’s debut album has been drowned between Christmas and New Year’s like this. This hell of a debut album deserves a lot more attention because the quality, the great diversity and awesome production make this record a post- metal highlight of 2019, even if we and other media awkwardly overslept it while stuck in the annual list madness. Give these guys a chance and give the album a listen! » (metal.de)
[...] One of those records capable of taking you from ethereal atmospheres to the most hostile sound storms without losing that alternative roll that is the band's identity sign. (noizzwebzine.blogspot.com)
[...] I whole-heartedly loved listening to this album, and it’s one that will easily become a favorite. I am absolutely looking forward to hearing more from this band. (welcometothemetal.wordpress.com)
[...] Another debut; French! Driving heavy guitars; growls (a view); Riverside (Pearl Jam?) like voice; powerfull song writing!!! Within all the brilliant PROG debuts of the last few years; to me this is one of the most progressive ones; Chapeau! (progalley.eu)
[...] Homecoming present us with an impressively solid debut album, its not often that a band can seamlessly create such a unique and captivating sound on their first offering. The band post metal, sludge, prog and stoner metal, while incorporating elements of post black metal and jazz. From start to finish this album will impress and surprise you with its ingenuity and the sheer level or raw talent on display. Every element of the release is performed perfectly by this genre defying Parisian trio. (cavedwellermusic.net)
[...] Their sound is crisp, sharp, sometimes atmospheric, and withstands sharp increases in electricity charge. In their extensive compositions they attempt passages from mildness to dynamism, they shift rapidly between short phrases or extend their themes, they use oblique tones and sporadically savagery. (flightofpegasus.gr)
[...] In fact, the arrogance is Homecoming's ease of releasing an excellent first album between Christmas and New Year’s eve (well, almost eh, the thing was released in early December). But still he does it without batting an eyelid and above all without forgetting to unveil the great ambitions that can be attributed to an album of this quality. (french-metal.com)
credits
released December 1, 2019
(c) 2019 - Homecoming / LP01
All rights belongs to Basile Chevalier, Théo Guiter and Théo Giotti.
Written during 2017/2018
Recorded in the summer of 2019 at Théâtre le 13ème Art in Paris, France
and Hybreed Studio in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France.
Recorded by Germain Leveque, Stanley Prince and Andrew Guillotin.
Mixed and mastered by Andrew Guillotin in Hybreed Studios.
Album art by Agathe Parmentier of Apalooza. (www.instagram.com/apalooza_/)
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