Posts Tagged: Richard Allen
The Dwindlers ~ Allegories
One’s appreciation of spoken word relies on three variables: 1) Do you like the genre? 2) Do you like the voice? 3) Do you like the words? In terms of Allegories, if the answer to these questions is yes, then
The Dwindlers ~ Allegories
One’s appreciation of spoken word relies on three variables: 1) Do you like the genre? 2) Do you like the voice? 3) Do you like the words? In terms of Allegories, if the answer to these questions is yes, then
Ólafur Arnalds ~ Another Happy Day OST
Ólafur Arnalds‘ score to Another Happy Day features the welcome return of an element missing since the ending of Eulogy for Evolution: grit. It’s there at the end of the opener, resurfaces two tracks later, and permeates the closer, “Everything Must Change”. Sure, one
Ólafur Arnalds ~ Another Happy Day OST
Ólafur Arnalds‘ score to Another Happy Day features the welcome return of an element missing since the ending of Eulogy for Evolution: grit. It’s there at the end of the opener, resurfaces two tracks later, and permeates the closer, “Everything Must Change”. Sure, one
Last Harbour ~ Your heart, it carries the sound
Two albums released as one, or one album released as two? Last Harbour‘s bold experiment is a fascinating exercise in double vision. The songs on the primary disc (Your heart, it carries the sound) are reconstructed by a host of
Last Harbour ~ Your heart, it carries the sound
Two albums released as one, or one album released as two? Last Harbour‘s bold experiment is a fascinating exercise in double vision. The songs on the primary disc (Your heart, it carries the sound) are reconstructed by a host of
Fescal ~ Alchemical Wanderings
Alchemical Wanderings arrives in a mysteriously shaded bag and is accompanied by a tube of miscellaneous metals, befitting its title. Gold flecks have been mixed in, perhaps some pyrite and copper. Warning to children: Do Not Eat. This mysterious air extends
Fescal ~ Alchemical Wanderings
Alchemical Wanderings arrives in a mysteriously shaded bag and is accompanied by a tube of miscellaneous metals, befitting its title. Gold flecks have been mixed in, perhaps some pyrite and copper. Warning to children: Do Not Eat. This mysterious air extends
Anoice ~ The Black Rain
Yoko Shinto’s cover illustration is incredibly beguiling: simultaneously dark and light, mysterious and accessible, a treasure trove of associations. We see a weeping woman on a cliff, her tears mingling with the rain and the flood. The broken land in
Anoice ~ The Black Rain
Yoko Shinto’s cover illustration is incredibly beguiling: simultaneously dark and light, mysterious and accessible, a treasure trove of associations. We see a weeping woman on a cliff, her tears mingling with the rain and the flood. The broken land in
A Death Cinematic ~ The New World
The New World begins with a clarion squall: a guitar that sounds like a trumpet, signaling the end of the old. The sound brings to mind the walls of Jericho and the angel of Revelation. After the clarion repeats and subsides,
A Death Cinematic ~ The New World
The New World begins with a clarion squall: a guitar that sounds like a trumpet, signaling the end of the old. The sound brings to mind the walls of Jericho and the angel of Revelation. After the clarion repeats and subsides,
Spheruleus ~ Dissolve
Many recordings are born of inspiration, but Dissolve was born of a lack of inspiration, which is not to say that it isn’t inspired. This two-track outing from Harry Towell (Spheruleus) was birthed as severe writer’s block led him to imagine a richer physical environment
Spheruleus ~ Dissolve
Many recordings are born of inspiration, but Dissolve was born of a lack of inspiration, which is not to say that it isn’t inspired. This two-track outing from Harry Towell (Spheruleus) was birthed as severe writer’s block led him to imagine a richer physical environment
Pascal Savy ~ Receding
When is a piano EP not a piano EP? When the piano is recorded, then partially removed, leaving an “empty shell” where the notes one shuddered. The recording operates as a sonic illusion, as the notes heard are not fully there.
Pascal Savy ~ Receding
When is a piano EP not a piano EP? When the piano is recorded, then partially removed, leaving an “empty shell” where the notes one shuddered. The recording operates as a sonic illusion, as the notes heard are not fully there.
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