New Hymn To Freedom, the English trio’s second album, is a remarkably lucid 45 minutes of spontaneous composition, a civilization of sound and emotion conjured from nothing more than the in-the-moment interplay between keyboardist Luke Abbott, saxophonist Jack Wylie, and drummer Lawrence Pike.
The result is that rarest of things: an improvised album that sounds so perfect, you’d think it was all planned.
These six tracks are complex compositions, but Szun Waves write and perform with the freshness that could trick you into thinking it poured right out of their heads.
New Hymn to Freedom feels like a wonderfully rollicking coming-out party, consistently stormy and stirring in ways that the trio’s debut only hinted they could be.
This is an outstanding album. Szun Waves put together a project that combines electronic and jazz elements in a pretty intriguing way. I’ve heard many projects that attempt blending the two genre’s but this one is unique in the sense that it focuses a bit more on the electronic side to set the tone and generate its atmosphere with ambient components. Its jazz elements are more subtle, but still greatly enhance the overall listening experience. It’s a beautiful fuse of the two ... read more
The british trio gathered once again to experiment on the sonic construction that will allow to the few attendants to swirl freely to its new hymn of improvised beauty.
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