Eventually

2007 sophomore album, the follow-up to their 2002 debut Blinker Farben. Recalling the early '90s independent scene, Fonoda succeed where many have failed; managing to evoke the past without seeming to be retreading past glories. Cross pollinating the likes of Sigur Ros, Mogwai and Slowdive, 'Not Dead, Just Sleeping (They Are)' and 'Silence Means Disease' are gloriously ambitious in scope - bringing the best of their influences to bear on compositions that are wholly their own. Having collaborated with Zimmer (aka Henry OK) in 2004, Fonoda have brought him in on a number of tracks for production duties, lending Eventually a chopped atmosphere that revels in it's expansive soundscapes. Elsewhere, "Silence Means Disease" allows the tender vocals just enough room to breathe between the bombastic choruses, "Stone Cold Seconds" employs a waterlogged beat, whilst album closer "Last Folder" is a towering epic that gives Mogwai a run for their post-rock money. Buro.