After the successful double CD “Low Level Owl”, Appleseed Cast are back with a new release, “Lost Songs”, which features the old drummer Dave Ott and Jason Wickersheim on bass, and it was recorded in part in 1999 with Christopher Crisci and in part in 2002. Now, all the songs are anyway new and never released before.The albumin fact cotains 9 tracks, forsomething like half an hour of music and pure experimentation; it is a bit different from the albums release last year, because here Appleseed Cast sound like they have no fear of tryng new elements: piano driven songs, with some quite intimistic lyrics and some slow songs, as “Novice” and “E to W”, do alternate with some more dynamic songs as “Peril Parts 1,2,3″, which is my favorite song and reminds me of The Promise Ring someway. The album ends with the slower “Novice Ambient Cannibalization”, more than a song, it sounds like an “opera”, you know, very complex instrumentation that leaves space only to music: yes, it’s an instrumental song. If you already know the Appleseed Cast, “Lost Songs” is a very good way to know where the band’s sound is developing, while if you never heard of this band before, I suggest to get “Low Level Owl”. | carlo@staff.truepunk.com