Indeed, progress is an apt verb for any description of the Indian artist Lesath. Lesath has seven releases out (all digitally, with one available on CD) that shows a fascinating journey along a musical spectrum that begins with black metal through shoegaze and currently resides in post-rock. Shoegaze and post-rock are pretty close cousins, so there is no surprise there, but how do we Bacon-connect those genres to black metal? Well, Lesath's treatment of black metal in his earlier releases is a far place from the standard: aggressive guitars, vocals from the crypt, and lots of goat 'n pentagram imagery. Lesath isn't afraid to take his early songs through progressive time changes and a kind of sheets of sound treatment that seems to naturally morph into shoegaze as his discography unfolds.
I've spent a cold, snowy Sunday listening to Lesath's catalog (as available on Bandcamp) and it is a real treat to hear the musical shifts from one release to the next. Oh, and the digital releases are at the time of this writing almost free, so go check it out!
https://lesathblack.bandcamp.com/album/a-beautiful-dream
