Bank Myna

There was once a time when I was so overwhelmed with ambient and modern classical music that I started to doubt that there were other genres out there. I then spent a considerable amount of time “clawing” back out of the vortex to keep up and stay current with the music that I love. Add to that the wonderful solitary confinement of our current predicament and the music just pulled me down into the vortex of woe. And yet, there were times when I used to play drill’n’bass, glitchcore and post-rock. Not that post-rock is exactly the right remedy to lift up one’s spirits, but it does seem to offer for me “something else”. And so when I stumbled upon this new album from the Parisian new band Bank Myna, I sort of became rejuvenated, in a manner of speaking, even if their music was not for the light-hearted. It was a new kind of doom – dark, delicious, and full of dynamics – instantly reminding me of that Godspeed You! Black Emperor vibe, the sounds of which intersect very well with the ambient and drone scenes. And today I am happy to share with you an exclusive premiere of a video [assembled from archival material by the band’s bassist, Daniel Machón] that goes so well for their opening track, “narrating an introspective and cathartic journey within a troubled subconscious“. Post-apocalyptic, you wonder? No more! This is present apocalyptic music.