SINAI VESSEL – brokenlegged (CD, LP Vinyl)
Sinai Vessel formed over the last several years, a gradual build from the early work of singer/guitarist Caleb Cordes to the fully-realized, collaborative effort that is the bands much-anticipated full-length debut, Brokenlegged. Recalling sounds that range from the painterly emo of The Appleseed Cast to the incisive story-songs of David Bazan, the band began in North Carolina in 2009 as project for Cordes. Those early years culminated in Sinai Vessels excellent 2014 EP, Profanity, a record that drew on the outsized drama of mewithoutYou; the canny, observational nuances of Pedro the Lion; the literary smarts of Bright Eyes early-00s golden era. A thoughtful yet energized early offering, the Flannel Gurl Records-released mini-album explored existential doubt, spiritual questioning, and hardnosed questions about code and community. Cordes flair for double and triple meanings is etched right there in the title Profanity as the human experience in all its grit and realism; Profanity as a spiritually risky act of speaking. The EP itself offered its thoughts on both. *Tiny Engines