Eyre Llew - Atelo

Eyre Llew is a three-member band from the UK that's been around since 2014 and recently released their debut album, Atelo. The band's style is known as ambient rock. This is because it's soft and airy while maintaining a strong, emotional presence; particularly through dynamic builds that often end in nearly explosive drops. The "ambience" is achieved largely through the heavy use of reverberation on the already light vocals and instrumentation. Although it can be a challenge to understand the lyrics, it sounds as though the vocals are often placed at the same or a much closer volume level to the other instruments, compared to how most songs have the vocals so far up in the front space so that they're typically the main sound being paid attention to. The vocals and instruments don't seem quite so separated, creating a beautiful balance. Eyre Llew's music offers a calm, peaceful, yet passionate sound that's perfect for times of relaxation and deep thought. It's music that you need to allow yourself to be completely immersed in and engulfed by. That way, there are many emotions that can quickly flood your mind: wonder, sadness, joy, strength, bliss... Yet however many emotions it brings you and however strong those emotions are, Eyre Llew always manages to provide an incredibly soothing atmosphere.

With all of the band's previously released singles in addition to Atelo, even their abstract/natural-looking album artwork is instantly mind-easing. They keep up with the aesthetics in their videos as well. Leading up to the album's release, Eyre Llew put out two videos for their songs "Havoc" and Atelo." They both follow a man on his challenging journey, seemingly to let go of his painful past, as he walks through various environments with stunning scenery. The songs accompanying are both melancholy, to fit the pain that the main character experiences, and uplifting, to portray his motivation to complete his journey and free himself of that pain. It's certainly suitable music to apply to everyday life, particularly when you just want a moment to appreciate your surroundings, or even simply be inside your own mind.

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