FAMYNE
II: The Ground Below
SVART Gloom and beauty spotted in Canterbury
It’s just a hairdo after all, but it’s hard not to think of Martin Spear, of cult early 90s British heroes Sevenchurch, when watching frontman Tom Vane’s bowl cut in the Canterbury lads’ last video for the track For My Sins. Questionable coiffure aside, although separated by three decades, both bands share a love for long, epic songs and immaculate doom with an undeniable British flair. Yet the comparison stops there as Famyne, named apparently after an Opeth song, aren’t afraid to pour their hearts out. Boosted by delicate progressive arrangements and a highly talented singer, II: The Ground Below is a gorgeous and poignant progressive doom statement.