Does Spring Hide Its Joy
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The haunting organ-based title track of The Sacrificial Code is probably a more palatable place to start, but Malone’s latest long-form sonic excursion will enthral adventurous listeners.
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As the music spreads, and the sound engrosses and uplifts you, the tacit message feels humble and lightly worn: one of consideration, empathy and collective strength.
1mo
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Despite complex construction that in the wrong hands can drain music of potency and impact, Malone, Railton and O'Malley sculpt otherworldly soundscapes and craft microtonal realms worth return expeditions, where timbres and harmonics flicker, ripple, scrape and hum — always converging and diverging, Does Spring Hide Its Joy is a beacon of possibility.
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A hypnotically shifting, blurring series of almost tangible sonic panoramas that simultaneously disorientate and beguile.
80
Presented as a sprawling three-hour epic, the composer’s drone piece for guitar, cello, and sine wave oscillators seeks new rhythms within the interminable sweep of pandemic time.
60
Enlisting Stephen O’Malley and Lucy Railton, Kali Malone unveils a sprawling work that just about rewards what it demands.
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Collapsing the notion of regimented song structure and linear composition, the music expands to fill empty space like a fog, moving unexpectedly and organically between cello, sine waves and electric guitar.
Not an easy one.
It reminded me "The Well Tuned Piano" (which I enjoyed very much), but my impression is that even TWTP has more inflections than this Malone album (and I am saying it in the most respectful way I can).
Sonical landscapes are interesting and intriguing for sure (I think the last adjective is the most appropriate) but the whole trip unfortunately ended being too static to finally build something captivating. With that said, I think its strongest point is to deliver a ... read more
Aspirando reproduzir um tempo não muito distante, mas que deixou amargas lembranças, Kali Malone utiliza suas extensas notas para configurar os múltiplos sentimentos atravessados nos meses iniciais em que a Covid-19 ridicularizava o ambiente. Vasto e densamente imersivo, 'Does Spring Hide Its Joy' é um registro muito instigante cujo propósito é fazer uma 'releitura' dos meses que a incerteza humana era peça central, especialmente durante ... read more
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Total Length: 5 hours, 3 minutes
By ClayDJs03
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3h
ooooo a 5 hour drone album that people are calling boring! This is prime JSG content right here, excited to jump into this when I finish my second trek through Daughter of Darkness!
1d
Felt like more of a chore than an experience for half of the 5-hour runtime
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Added on: November 16, 2022