Bank Myna’s EIMURIA: A Ritual in Sound, A Reckoning in Emotion
Emerging from the shadows of Paris’s alternative/post-whatever scene, Bank Myna returns with ‘EIMURIA’—a genre-defying, immersive statement that solidifies the band’s standing in the realm of experimental post-rock. Building on the brooding foundations of their debut ‘Volaverunt’, ‘EIMURIA’ is heavier, more direct, and even more emotionally expansive—a journey where light clashes with darkness, and minimalism gives way to seismic force.
Spanning five sprawling tracks, the album unfolds like a ritual invocation. Bank Myna weaves post-rock, doom, drone, and slowcore into a sound that’s both intimate and monumental. From the opening haze of “No Ocean of Thoughts” to the final cry of “L’Implorante,” the record is a careful choreography of tension and release: hushed melancholy swallowed by distortion, eerie violins dissolving into noise.
Recorded live and released in CD, LP & Digital formats via Araki Records, Medication Time Records & Stellar Frequencies, ‘EIMURIA’ captures a visceral chemistry among the band—guitar, bass, drums, violin, and voice locked in telepathic interplay. Maud Harribey’s vocals are the emotional core, shifting between whispers and spectral laments. Her voice feels less sung than summoned, channeling grief and strength in equal measure.
The album draws inspiration from the lives and works of Alejandra Pizarnik and Camille Claudel—artists for whom art and pain were inseparable. Tracks like “The Other Faceless Me” and “Burn All the Edges” carry that intensity, while the 13-minute “The Shadowed Body” stands as a towering meditation on identity, ritual, and rebirth.
Yet despite its darkness, ‘EIMURIA’ is not a work of despair. It’s a document of transformation—brutal, beautiful, and necessary. Like fellow sonic alchemists Anna Von Hausswolff, Om, Earth, or Big|Brave and masterminds of post-metal (think about AmenRa, Isis…), Bank Myna doesn’t just create music—they conjure space and spirit. The result is less an album than an experience: one that scars, heals, and haunts long after the final note fades.
