Wess Meets West

Go ’West, where the skies are blue

Since 2005, Connecticut’s Wess Meets West have been crafting the type of airy post-rock that encourages the creation of montages involving sped-up footage of the natural world. Pondering life and death, new album Alightwithinthe Fracture (due 6 April) channels some suitably big themes, but with vocals a rarity, it’s a diverse and absorbing listening experience. “I like that you can take different emotions from the music depending on your mood,” reflects guitarist Sam Stauff. “We also demand some patience from the listener at times and I think that’s great in the fast-paced world to be able to take a second and slow down and just listen.” Tracks build and crash, tension is beautifully balanced and there is something near-meditative about WMW’S segues between stormy distortion and oxygenated reverberation.