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  1. If These Trees Could Talk – The Hidden Hand Review By Killjoy

    If These Trees Could Talk strikes me as a mildly ironic name for an instrumental group. But, then again, post-rock has the potential to be one of the most expressive musical genres when done correctly. This grove in Akron, Ohio, has been mostly silent for the last ten years since 2016’s The Bones of a Dying World, aside from a lone single in 2024. This probably explains why, despite their popularity, I was unfamiliar with If These Trees Could Talk until now, as I only developed a fondness for post-rock a few years ago. The Hidden Hand marks their second full-length with Metal Blade Records and fourth overall. How fruitful has the last decade been?

    By and large, The Hidden Hand will not shock anyone with an affinity for post-rock of the instrumental persuasion. It is primarily constructed using crystalline notes and reverb-drenched chords, fluctuating between light and dark in a manner akin to pg.lost. Like We Lost the Sea, If These Trees Could Talk summon vivid soundscapes that encompass a wide variety of emotions and moods. Though this isn’t a huge sonic departure from their prior work, there are a few minor twists. The Hidden Hand sporadically borrows smidgens of bulky guitar tone from Russian Circles and Pelican, and there is even an unexpected cover of Aphex Twin’s “Flim” at the tail end of the album.

    If These Trees Could Talk endeavors to wring the most from handfuls of simple tunes. This approach works well in some instances. The most notable of these is “Blurry Creatures,” featuring a recurring choral chant around which the multi-guitar lines coil like ivy on a trellis. “Moon Machine” is less successful as it stretches two alternating passages across 8 minutes, feeling fatiguing and formulaic. I enjoy The Hidden Hand more when the focus is on spinning poignant melodies (“Sea of Glass,” “Silence Between Mountains, Pts. 1 and 2”), but this does not happen as much as on former records. Instead, a heavier reliance on reverb at times feels antithetical to the desired atmosphere (“Moon Machine,” “Metanoia,” “Silence Between Mountains, Pt. 2”). Furthermore, the final track “Endlessly Connected” begins with soft, interwoven guitar strands that never get the chance to grow into something substantial.

    The Hidden Hand is not composed in a way that appears to have considered the whole. Compared with the fluidity of prior albums, it’s more of a motley collection of tracks. This isn’t a bad thing in and of itself, but less overall synergy means less staying power in this case. “Metanoia” and “Flim” stick out in particular. The former leans into perky prog rock, and the latter, while a faithful cover, would have fit better in a setting such as Stardew Valley. Additionally, the percussion seems to have lost much of the free-flowing flair that helped foster the unity of The Bones of a Dying World. In The Hidden Hand, it mainly consists of standard rock beats dressed with syncopation, resulting in a more generic feeling across the board.

    Ultimately, The Hidden Hand is not as convincing a comeback as I would have hoped. For whatever reason, some of the magic has disappeared in the last ten years. Given that this was my first experience with If These Trees Could Talk, I can say with certainty that this is not because of pent-up or unrealistic expectations. Their prior magnificence can still be heard in the likes of “Silence Between Mountains, Pt. 2” and “Blurry Creatures,” but, even so, The Hidden Hand likely won’t change anyone’s mind about whether they like instrumental-only music. While for me, The Hidden Hand isn’t worth the opportunity cost when craving post-rock, I’m grateful to have been introduced to The Bones of a Dying World, and I look forward to spending more time with that one.

    Rating: 2.5/5.0
    DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 256 kbps mp3
    Label: Metal Blade Records
    Websites: ifthesetreescouldtalk.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/treescouldtalk
    Releases Worldwide: July 10th, 2026

    #25 #2026 #AmericanMetal #AphexTwin #IfTheseTreesCouldTalk #InstrumentalMetal #Jul26 #MetalBladeRecords #Pelican #pgLost #PostRock #PostMetal #Review #Reviews #RussianCircles #TheHiddenHand #WeLostTheSea
  2. If These Trees Could Talk – The Hidden Hand Review By Killjoy

    If These Trees Could Talk strikes me as a mildly ironic name for an instrumental group. But, then again, post-rock has the potential to be one of the most expressive musical genres when done correctly. This grove in Akron, Ohio, has been mostly silent for the last ten years since 2016’s The Bones of a Dying World, aside from a lone single in 2024. This probably explains why, despite their popularity, I was unfamiliar with If These Trees Could Talk until now, as I only developed a fondness for post-rock a few years ago. The Hidden Hand marks their second full-length with Metal Blade Records and fourth overall. How fruitful has the last decade been?

    By and large, The Hidden Hand will not shock anyone with an affinity for post-rock of the instrumental persuasion. It is primarily constructed using crystalline notes and reverb-drenched chords, fluctuating between light and dark in a manner akin to pg.lost. Like We Lost the Sea, If These Trees Could Talk summon vivid soundscapes that encompass a wide variety of emotions and moods. Though this isn’t a huge sonic departure from their prior work, there are a few minor twists. The Hidden Hand sporadically borrows smidgens of bulky guitar tone from Russian Circles and Pelican, and there is even an unexpected cover of Aphex Twin’s “Flim” at the tail end of the album.

    If These Trees Could Talk endeavors to wring the most from handfuls of simple tunes. This approach works well in some instances. The most notable of these is “Blurry Creatures,” featuring a recurring choral chant around which the multi-guitar lines coil like ivy on a trellis. “Moon Machine” is less successful as it stretches two alternating passages across 8 minutes, feeling fatiguing and formulaic. I enjoy The Hidden Hand more when the focus is on spinning poignant melodies (“Sea of Glass,” “Silence Between Mountains, Pts. 1 and 2”), but this does not happen as much as on former records. Instead, a heavier reliance on reverb at times feels antithetical to the desired atmosphere (“Moon Machine,” “Metanoia,” “Silence Between Mountains, Pt. 2”). Furthermore, the final track “Endlessly Connected” begins with soft, interwoven guitar strands that never get the chance to grow into something substantial.

    The Hidden Hand is not composed in a way that appears to have considered the whole. Compared with the fluidity of prior albums, it’s more of a motley collection of tracks. This isn’t a bad thing in and of itself, but less overall synergy means less staying power in this case. “Metanoia” and “Flim” stick out in particular. The former leans into perky prog rock, and the latter, while a faithful cover, would have fit better in a setting such as Stardew Valley. Additionally, the percussion seems to have lost much of the free-flowing flair that helped foster the unity of The Bones of a Dying World. In The Hidden Hand, it mainly consists of standard rock beats dressed with syncopation, resulting in a more generic feeling across the board.

    Ultimately, The Hidden Hand is not as convincing a comeback as I would have hoped. For whatever reason, some of the magic has disappeared in the last ten years. Given that this was my first experience with If These Trees Could Talk, I can say with certainty that this is not because of pent-up or unrealistic expectations. Their prior magnificence can still be heard in the likes of “Silence Between Mountains, Pt. 2” and “Blurry Creatures,” but, even so, The Hidden Hand likely won’t change anyone’s mind about whether they like instrumental-only music. While for me, The Hidden Hand isn’t worth the opportunity cost when craving post-rock, I’m grateful to have been introduced to The Bones of a Dying World, and I look forward to spending more time with that one.

    Rating: 2.5/5.0
    DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 256 kbps mp3
    Label: Metal Blade Records
    Websites: ifthesetreescouldtalk.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/treescouldtalk
    Releases Worldwide: July 10th, 2026

    #25 #2026 #AmericanMetal #AphexTwin #IfTheseTreesCouldTalk #InstrumentalMetal #Jul26 #MetalBladeRecords #Pelican #pgLost #PostRock #PostMetal #Review #Reviews #RussianCircles #TheHiddenHand #WeLostTheSea
  3. #IsarAerospace:
    "
    Planet and Isar Aerospace Partner to Launch First German-Built Satellite-Rocket Mission
    "
    ".. German-built satellite launching on a German-built rocket .. within 12 months .."

    ".. Isar Aerospace will launch one of Planet’s next-generation high-resolution Pelican satellites, with additional satellites planned for future launches. .."

    isaraerospace.com/press/planet

    2.7.2026

    #EO #Erdbeobachtung #Pelican #PlanetLabs #Raumfahrt #Rakete #rocketry #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Spectrum

  4. #IsarAerospace:
    "
    Planet and Isar Aerospace Partner to Launch First German-Built Satellite-Rocket Mission
    "
    ".. German-built satellite launching on a German-built rocket .. within 12 months .."

    ".. Isar Aerospace will launch one of Planet’s next-generation high-resolution Pelican satellites, with additional satellites planned for future launches. .."

    isaraerospace.com/press/planet

    2.7.2026

    #EO #Erdbeobachtung #Pelican #PlanetLabs #Raumfahrt #Rakete #rocketry #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Spectrum

  5. Still slowly doing #drawabox - drew this #pelican following the demo. At least I'm finally on lesson 5! Unfortunately work is kinda kicking my butt now, so it's been slow... But yes drawing animals is a whole 'nother ball game (goodbye, confidence)

    #mastoart #fediart #bird #birdart #art #creativetoots #mastoartist #traditionalart #penandink #inking #pen #animals #animal @drawing #drawing #birdsofmastodon #animalart #humanmadeart #artstudy

  6. Ich wollte #pelican als #StaticSiteGenerator ausprobieren. Beim ersten Aufruf werden einige Details abgefragt. Unter anderem die #Timezone die ich korrekt mit "Europe/Berlin" angab. Doch es weigerte sich partout dies zu akzeptieren und beharrte auf seinem "Europe/Rome".

    Fck off, dann kannste mich kreuzweise … sofort wieder deinstalliert 🤬

    #SSG

  7. Ich wollte #pelican als #StaticSiteGenerator ausprobieren. Beim ersten Aufruf werden einige Details abgefragt. Unter anderem die #Timezone die ich korrekt mit "Europe/Berlin" angab. Doch es weigerte sich partout dies zu akzeptieren und beharrte auf seinem "Europe/Rome".

    Fck off, dann kannste mich kreuzweise … sofort wieder deinstalliert 🤬

    #SSG

  8. Building out a website for a nonprofit my spouse and I are starting and so torn on platform. Hugo, Ghost.org, or Pelican.

    Local website for my spouse and I to promote permaculture and hopefully get some donations through consultations and plant swaps/giveaways. We will heavily lean into content creation to drive traffic as well as just to educate people. Ghost.org is probably out because we're not a magazine and it feels too heavily focused on that but I'm open to hear thoughts and opinions from the #fediverse

    #hugo #ghost #pelican #ssg #webdesign #blog #fedi #opensource

  9. Building out a website for a nonprofit my spouse and I are starting and so torn on platform. Hugo, Ghost.org, or Pelican.

    Local website for my spouse and I to promote permaculture and hopefully get some donations through consultations and plant swaps/giveaways. We will heavily lean into content creation to drive traffic as well as just to educate people. Ghost.org is probably out because we're not a magazine and it feels too heavily focused on that but I'm open to hear thoughts and opinions from the #fediverse

    #hugo #ghost #pelican #ssg #webdesign #blog #fedi #opensource

  10. Fuzz, Riffs und gute Laune beim Desertfest Mitte Mai Berlin: Drei Tage lang verwandelten sich Columbiahalle und Columbia Theater in Berlin-Kreuzberg in einen Wallfahrtsort für Freunde von Stoner, Doom und Psychedelic Rock. Earthless, Hermano, High Desert Queen, Zig Zags, Nebula, Pelican, Håndgemeng und The Sword standen auf der Bühne – wir davor und haben Bilder mitgebracht!

    #desertfest #earthless #hermano #highdesertqueen #zigzags #nebula #pelican #handgemeng #thesword #fuzz #stonerrock #psychedelic #doom #heavyrock

    burnyourears.de/live/54910-des

  11. Und #Pelican from Chicago/Illinois entschuldigten sich dafür, dass sie sechs Jahre lang nicht in Europa spielten, "aber wir machen das hier nicht als Beruf, sondern aus Leidenschaft". 🖤 Die waren auf dem dritthöchsten Slot, verdammte Scheiße!

    Schöne, wilde Instrumentalmusik von atmosphärisch bis hin zu Feedbackorgien, meine Empfehlung!

    pelicansl.bandcamp.com/album/n

    #Desertfest #RockMusic #Unterwegs

  12. Planet Labs (PL) Is Up 22.1% After New EU Defense Deals And Swedish Military Satellite Launch

    Earlier this month, Planet Labs PBC successfully launched three additional AI-enabled Pelican satellites, including Sweden’s first sovereign military…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #governmentcontracts #Pelican #PlanetLabs #revenuegrowth
    europesays.com/europe/43513/

  13. Pelican 4.12 has been released! 🌟

    The built-in themes have been improved, along with myriad other fixes and tweaks.

    Happy publishing!

    getpelican.com/blog/pelican-4.

  14. Pelican 4.12 has been released! 🌟

    The built-in themes have been improved, along with myriad other fixes and tweaks.

    Happy publishing!

    getpelican.com/blog/pelican-4.

    #pelican #staticsitegenerator

  15. #TrainingShip #Pelican setting sail from #Weymouth in 2012, to recreate the #Shackleton expedition to the #Antarctic in 2014, just 25 metres from Aaran Guesthouse

  16. Is Planet Labs (PL) Quietly Recasting Its Moat With Berlin Expansion And AI-Powered Earth Data?

    Planet Labs PBC recently filed a US$680.66 million shelf registration tied to 20,119,874 Class A shares for an…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Berlin #doubleproductioncapacity #Pelican #PlanetLabsPBC #riskandreward
    europesays.com/germany/2272/

  17. To whom it may concern. #FountainPen #Pelican #Pelikan Doodlebud talks about a bunch of Pelican "chicks". (His voice is pleasant to listen to.)

    Pelikan M400, M600, M800 & M10...

  18. To whom it may concern. #FountainPen #Pelican #Pelikan Doodlebud talks about a bunch of Pelican "chicks". (His voice is pleasant to listen to.)

    Pelikan M400, M600, M800 & M10...

  19. #TerSoftware com tema #selfhosting Vai ter que ser listinha: Num VPS (Contabo)


    Em casa num notebook velho:
    #snac2 (fediverso)

  20. #TerSoftware com tema #selfhosting Vai ter que ser listinha: Num VPS (Contabo)


    Em casa num notebook velho:
    #snac2 (fediverso)

  21. Standing tall among the locals at Stansbury.

    Stansbury, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #pelican #birds #Stansbury #YorkePeninsula #AustralianPelican #CoastalLife #BirdPhotography

  22. Standing tall among the locals at Stansbury.

    Stansbury, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #pelican #birds #Stansbury #YorkePeninsula #AustralianPelican #CoastalLife #BirdPhotography

  23. Standing tall among the locals at Stansbury.

    Stansbury, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #pelican #birds #Stansbury #YorkePeninsula #AustralianPelican #CoastalLife #BirdPhotography

  24. Standing tall among the locals at Stansbury.

    Stansbury, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #pelican #birds #Stansbury #YorkePeninsula #AustralianPelican #CoastalLife #BirdPhotography

  25. Standing tall among the locals at Stansbury.

    Stansbury, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #pelican #birds #Stansbury #YorkePeninsula #AustralianPelican #CoastalLife #BirdPhotography