Hand & Knee is John Grimaldi of Submersive Productions. "Song Of The Sirens" is, with its 32 minutes, a short one even though it counts the most tracks (9). The timing ranges from 30 seconds to almost 8 minutes; style-wise, it's experimental minimalistic noise. As influences, they mention Mlehst and early Prurient, neither of which I am incredibly familiar with, so, as I did earlier, I'm going with what I hear.
The shorter tracks seem to be experiments or exercises in sound design, which are quite interesting. They somehow give a little insight on how the 'paint' is being made of, which in the longer tracks the painting is being made. Because of this, the longer tracks are far more interesting, in my opinion, because they depict a story; They follow the conceptual story behind the release. Spacious open waters with rock formations hiding those evil nasty creatures.
The two things I thought were a bit of a shame were that some of the smaller tracks become interesting and then end. Sure, it's probably something that was intended, but for example, track 'IV' created a really nice atmosphere and then: Click. And that's also the second remark: If the release had a bit more post-production and a bit more flow - few fades, no abrupt endings - the whole would be much more interesting as a soundscape. It would have added to the tension. But having written that: Interesting for sure.
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