Category Archives: Ambient
Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Ambient and Drone
Over the course of the week, we’ll be bringing you nearly 300 albums to peruse: the initial salvo of what will eventually be thousands of spring albums. We do this because we are fans first, and reviewers second. Three times
Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Ambient and Drone
Over the course of the week, we’ll be bringing you nearly 300 albums to peruse: the initial salvo of what will eventually be thousands of spring albums. We do this because we are fans first, and reviewers second. Three times
Whettman Chelmets ~ For…
Whettman Chelmets has recorded some very dark music in the past, but For… is a beacon of light, with one of the warmest endings we’ve heard all year. While other pandemic-related sets concentrate on a single aspect ~ fear, isolation, quarantine ~ this
Whettman Chelmets ~ For…
Whettman Chelmets has recorded some very dark music in the past, but For… is a beacon of light, with one of the warmest endings we’ve heard all year. While other pandemic-related sets concentrate on a single aspect ~ fear, isolation, quarantine ~ this
Francisco Sonur ~ Morning Trials
Let’s start with the elephant in the room. This album sounds a lot like Sigur Rós, specifically the band’s melodic mid-period. But we like Sigur Rós, and the band has since deserted that sound, while Jónsi has gone vocal with a tendency toward
Francisco Sonur ~ Morning Trials
Let’s start with the elephant in the room. This album sounds a lot like Sigur Rós, specifically the band’s melodic mid-period. But we like Sigur Rós, and the band has since deserted that sound, while Jónsi has gone vocal with a tendency toward
Orla Wren ~ The Blind Deaf Stone
Sequestered deep in the Scottish countryside, Orla Wren composes wistful electroacoustic soundscapes that float through genres with the gracefulness of a roaming herd of cattle. His latest release, The Blind Deaf Stone, contains four longform tracks that shift through gracious
Orla Wren ~ The Blind Deaf Stone
Sequestered deep in the Scottish countryside, Orla Wren composes wistful electroacoustic soundscapes that float through genres with the gracefulness of a roaming herd of cattle. His latest release, The Blind Deaf Stone, contains four longform tracks that shift through gracious
James Osland ~ Almond Drive
Almond Drive is dedicated to memories of a “safe and loving home,” and the people who made it that way. The album is a panacea, offering warm hints of how to make it through a pandemic year with love. Not everyone
James Osland ~ Almond Drive
Almond Drive is dedicated to memories of a “safe and loving home,” and the people who made it that way. The album is a panacea, offering warm hints of how to make it through a pandemic year with love. Not everyone
Drifts and Flurries ~ A Second Language Collectanea
Few pairings are as exquisite as winter music and snow; Drifts & Flurries provides one in hope of the other. Distinctly British in tone, this set begs to be accompanied by a good book; we recommend The Wrong Kind of Snow (Penn
Drifts and Flurries ~ A Second Language Collectanea
Few pairings are as exquisite as winter music and snow; Drifts & Flurries provides one in hope of the other. Distinctly British in tone, this set begs to be accompanied by a good book; we recommend The Wrong Kind of Snow (Penn
Animated Matter ~ Selkie
The concept album is a much-maligned tradition, but only because too many artists go overboard. Selkie is a concept album done right, with a simple premise based on a well known legend. From Scottish and Irish mythology to movies such as
Animated Matter ~ Selkie
The concept album is a much-maligned tradition, but only because too many artists go overboard. Selkie is a concept album done right, with a simple premise based on a well known legend. From Scottish and Irish mythology to movies such as
Of Thread & Mist ~ Static Hymns to No One
Gizeh Records may be located in the U.K., but Static Hymns to No One seems like the perfect selection for Inauguration Day in the U.S. The music is mournful and melancholic, an elegy for all that has been lost and much
Of Thread & Mist ~ Static Hymns to No One
Gizeh Records may be located in the U.K., but Static Hymns to No One seems like the perfect selection for Inauguration Day in the U.S. The music is mournful and melancholic, an elegy for all that has been lost and much
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