EKPHRASIS
Guitarist Benjamin Savariau’s French act champion the strength of their nation’s scene, urging the rest of the world to take note.
POW
With their recently released debut album, Weird Interbreeding, Ekphrasis have a fitfully descriptive title. By interweaving the glassy thump of djent guitars with swelling keyboards, soul music excursions and twisting jazz runs, the quartet expel a sound that thrives in its versatility. A kaleidoscope of moving parts and melding genres, emboldened by John Petrucci-inspired guitar flourishes and Yes-sized crescendos, the record provides further evidence of the blossoming French prog scene.