ELLEN ARKBRO - Nightclouds LP addributes

ELLEN ARKBRO - Nightclouds LP addributesEllen Arkbros fourth album, Nightclouds, collects five improvisations for solo organ, recorded across Central Europe in 202324. Nightclouds is more unabashedly Romantic and introspective than her previous efforts, though it remains firmly rooted in the rigor and precision that have come to define Arkbros concept. Extending her previous explorations of spatialized harmony, tactility, and texture, Arkbro draws equally on sacred music, ECMstyle jazz, and

and the recording perfectly captures Orchid's diverse combination of arty sensibilities

Bratmobile’s sophomore LP finds Allison Wolfe’s singsong delivery of her trademark barbed-wire lyrics center stage - each line catching the ear and cutting with truth

Like much of Wrekmeister’s music over the years

as a natural relief

there was more chaos than structure for his recordings to exist and find an audience

1 ("good" Pitchfork reviews rend to get a 7

to be many — truly exceptional stuff

pressed and distributed himself in 1981

advancing the Shadow Ring concept with entirely original material that builds on the unit’s self-mythologizing lyrics

heart-break

"The Marble Church"

and Accidente should take note