What shall you focus on? The main course always begging for your attention, or the intricate and imprinting details of the side dishes? Both have been placed on your table, side by side, to offer that important distinction. Automatic Writing will help you appreciate the side dishes, the dessert, the drinks, everything except the main course. The spotlight should not always be shined on the most reaction-inducing part of a work. When the main section is plugged and muted to near silence you are ... read more
Layered and textured beyond comprehension, Automatic Writing is a sparse alleviation that delves into Ashley’s psych in a strange, yet oddly satisfying way. Beautifully meditative.
VERY minimal and stripped back, but it was still very captivating to listen to. its utter intimacy was really uncomfortable to sit through, but it was also a very understandable and melancholic experience. kind of beautiful.
i think i might need some help with this album. much to my disappointment, i found it resoundingly difficult to get anything out of this. i've seen several times people talking about the album being relaxing and beautiful and a one-of-a-kind experience, but instead i was greeted with a feeling of mild discomfort permeating the whole record. it is clear to me that i am missing something, and i don't wish to be dismissive or ignorant of this piece of art that clearly means so much to many people. ... read more
heavily layered and atmosphere-intensive work. The album is mainly clacking bottles and a couple a French voices, but in amidst that are faint, fleeting drumbeat passages that provide different tempo and subverts the atmosphere completely, like walking down a neon lit street at night and hearing some band in a hole in the wall play. The album also features a sort of whirring lullaby throughout most of it. It is subtle, yet completely alienating.
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