BYLA is the guitar-heavy duo of Colin Marston and Kevin Hufnagel, who also play together in instrumental math metal trio DYSRHYTHMIA. These dreamy, bleary-
eyed sheets of guitar-drone driven ambient post-rock are a far cry from the apeshit tech/jazz/prog moves these guys execute in their other bands (which in
the case of Colin, also includes BEHOLD...THE ARCTOPUS and avant-glitch/metal/wtf project INFIDEL?/CASTRO!). The disc contains 11 tracks of twilight sound,
generated almost exclusively with guitars (both electric and acoustic), with ethereal feedback drones and deep floating ur-rumble layered with gradually
building, softly played melodies played on acoustic guitar, and pretty post-rock arpeggios played sleepily over buzzing amplifier presence. Very very pretty
and soothing, a sort of disembodied shoegazer prettiness that makes for a terrific album for late night listening, evoking the sort of nighttime urban
landscapes presented on the digipack's photography. Kinda reminds us of a combination of Troum's dreamy drift, the lush avant-ambient of Mandible Chatter,
and the gentle guitar forms of Loren Mazzacane Connors. Fans of Godspeed You Black Emperor, Sigur Ros at their most delicate, and the first House Of Low
Culture CD will LOVE this. Recommended.