Stagnation means regression

Almost two years after the self-titled album, the Irish of God is an Astronaut already with their fifth album at the start.
As for the genre of post-rock, this is often with provocative theses "this genre is boring and uniform" and "as long as you know a band, you know a hundred other" faced. That these, like so many others are a matter of perspective, but at least the taste, one must not discuss, of course ...

In such discussions is the trio consisting of the Kinsella brothers Torsten and Nils, and drummer Lloyd Hanney, but in principle not innocent, because if you let their debut album "The End of the Beginning" from 2002 times the outside vorlässt, located next to the three albums and also here, clear parallels, stylistic devices and other similarities, difficult denied. This must always be nothing wrong, since one with "All Is Violent, All Is Bright" and most recently with "God Is An Astronaut" two knotless discs published, which was riddled 2005 presented by beautiful melodies and 2008 Widescreen Sound ears cinema on album length, the " Trademarks "the band was almost culminate in perfection.

Therefore, it is only too bad that the three on "Age Of The Fifth Sun" do no different than before, because all too often catch yourself at the thought that you have heard a lot here before, whether it's around melodies parts is or electronic effects, which can sink the overall impression noticeably down.
Of course there is not a total failure, nor other acoustic windfalls, but in spite of homogeneity like the plate on which one or other simply rush past and to sound example "In the Distance Fading", "Lost Kingdom" and the closing "Paradise Remains" simply only stale, but at least so as if the songs from the time of "All Is Violent, All Is Bright", only that this would have qualitatively failed with on this album, not necessarily because they are bad, but the other title-part act in the overall context.
If one disregards the title track of the uncharacteristic rudeness GIAA the onset guitar, anyway one of the highlights, the Irish simply the expectations remain for a step forward, as long as you had the cherished, all guilty.
Fortunately, waiting the second half with some appeal to things, material - though the opener "Worlds in Collision" absolutely one of the stronger songs - because "Parallel Highway" remains stubbornly in all intimacy in the ear canals and "Shining Through" offers the melodious beauty and fragility, who know how to create GIAA. Even the just mentioned, entitled "song" is so good that he can be called without hesitation twice and is due to its guitar riffs at least in part probably the hardest thing has been released in eight years of band history on the phone.

If you like the other boards, but can here without access to hesitate and are sooo uncomfortable constants in the music industry now and not back. Who on the other hand the pious desire for development and expressed the imperative want couple to make a purchase, should only once, maybe even take quite preview distance.
Whether you want to say in conclusion that the Irish just stay true and you want to get what you expect or GIAA just stagnate since 2-3 albums, boil once well known, as so often, a matter of taste.