Gem of the West by Sentries

As a narrowing tightrope throws our friends and family into the deepening void of unmitigated disaster, every successful step forward deepens our survivor’s guilt and fills us with an inexplicable numbness at every quiver of the wire and puff of the wind. Such an experience of achieving the meager dreams of a small town animates Gem of the West by SENTRIES, an instant art rock classic from this increasingly entrenched internet music powerhouse. Incessantly catchy yet endlessly creative guitar work pilots this record through diverse influences and wide dynamics, alternately pulling from western swing, emotional hardcore, garage rock, and post rock to outline the violent, unstable emotions unleashed by a drive through your hometown. Childhood memories fueled by the endless potential of ignorance and the unmitigated dreams of innocence tear through the dull safety of the present, parading all the bright souls since extinguished and perverting all expectations into something more enjoyable on paper but endlessly frustrating in reality. For reasons you’ll never understand, you’re here on the other side, forever haunted by an imagined future that never arrived.