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2:56 PM (4 minutes ago)
to meGreetings Austin Anderson,
Thank you for your pre-order of Overwintering by LIGHTNING IN A TWILIGHT HOUR. The full digital album has just been released!
cue Jack Nicholson in Batman: "Gentlemen! Let's broaden our minds!" (presses play on boombox)
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 31 March 2022 22:13 (two years ago) link
Okay, one listen and the man can do no wrong and it's good BUTβ
This is a lot for an hour long album. I expected more ambient stuff (there is none). It's a very mellow album; I think there was maybe one song on the second half that had drums in it? Some of the lyrics are weird, even for him. Most of it is very reminiscent of the stuff he did on the two Occasional Keepers albums, but even more acoustic strummy and dream poppy. That being said, it's probably among the prettiest music he's ever done and there's two songs that hit me as instant band classics ("Delphinium" and "Slow Motion Spirits"). Very preliminary thought is that it's better than the first album, but doesn't quite have the sustained wow factor of the All the Ships at Sea EP. I would certainly consider "Delphinium" one of the best songs he's ever done. Four mics, for now.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 31 March 2022 23:29 (two years ago) link
three weeks pass...
So I've been living with this album for about a month and it's stayed in pretty regular rotation. I love it and it is my so far album of the year. Agree with my initial assessment of about 4 mics/4 stars/8.0 and that "Delphinium" is the easy highlight. On further listens, some of it is very reminiscent of the more atmospheric Northern Picture Library material: "The Cinematographer as Painter" is one of the weirdest calm songs I've ever heard and "Natural Light" has a purposely discordant progression that never resolves β just kind of unsettled and tenuous; something he's never really done before (or at least, not to this degree). I knew what to expect and it's not the best thing he's done under this band name, but I still feel like Overwintering exceeded my expectations pretty easily.
I'm hoping he decides to follow tradition and put out a quick EP in the next year or so before disappearing again.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 2 May 2022 23:45 (one year ago) link
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