I just had an interesting experience with this album. Here I am listening to "Laika" for probably the third time since I obtained it last month. I'm loving it even more this time, and I'm starting to really get into the feel of the album. I go to Powder!'s artist page on last.fm, and see that they have under 800 listeners. Yet, there are at least three other people on the site listening to these guys at the same time I am. That was a weird experience. Hopefully, this is a sign of good things to come for the Russian quartet. This is modern post-rock at its finest, with a melancholy, almost spacey atmosphere. This mood fits with the albums title and overarching storyline- the story of Laika, the first dog to be shot into space, and sadly the first dog to die in space. It certainly deserves the small hype it has gained in the past month or so.
GET IT HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z65d0lse2wpdejj
