Larsen is an enigmatic post-rock ensemble who have been responsible for some interesting
conceptual projects all of which have been immaculately executed. For their highly acclaimed
album Rever, the ensemble hired Michael Gira (Swans, Angels of Light) as the producer, but
never allowed him to actually see the band as they played behind a curtain. Larsen followed this
album with a breathtaking record reconstructing the melodic phrasing of Autechre through their
own repetitive patterns for guitar, bass, vibraphone, accordion, and drums. Seies doesn't enjoy
any of the conceptual agendas of the previous record; or rather if there are any concepts to the
record, Larsen has shrouded them from their audience. The hymnal post-rock hypnosis from the
previous records is certainly present, conjuring a spaghetti western swagger heard in the more
bad-ass Morricone soundtracks. In these looping dirges, Larsen also call to mind the desolate
soundtracks composed by Calla and some of the late period work of Swans; this is especially
true for the tracks in which former Swans singer Jarboe appears! There's guest appearances a
plenty on Seies as Current 93's cellist Julia Kent appears on some early tracks, and the dark
ambient overlord Lustmord conjures his own black clouds on some of the later cuts.