Irving Park
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Boomkat Product Review:
Enchanting debut release of diaristic, biographical reflections on space, place and time from Irving Park, presenting a subtly personalised suite of spectral piano pieces, ambient electronics and disembodied vocals that distill elusive sensations into tangibly haunting musical studies.
Humbly treading in the footsteps of like-minded projects from the Cotton Goods camp or the most wistful Richard Skelton releases, 5 2 1 offers a relatably warm and inviting suite of compositions operating with a feeling of gauzy detachment that suggests sequestered, subjective journeys of discovery.
The nine pieces fall over three discs, with each part framing his perfume-like piano meditations against the ephemeral rustle and hum of location recordings that suffuse and link his pieces like with the naturalistic nuance of moss or drizzle, balancing his personalised magick with a sense of the ordinary and everyday.
In the process the music takes on a beautifully shy or even coy quality, leaving a crumb trail of nudges and suggestively glimpsed signposts for navigation, encouraging the listener to take the enclosed map and the music as loose guides for your mental ramble between the grey day cafe ambience of 351 Indian Trail, Rockton IL and the quietly blistering resolution of Home, which almost feels like chilblains after a soggy but very satisfying mooch across country.
A gorgeous package.
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3 x hand-stamped CDs in coloured, transparent covers, plus a complete copy of Bartholomew’s clothbound foldout map and set of 3 Gerald Leslie prints. individually numbered roll-bell bus ticket, in stitched and sealed vintage brown wax bags with scent
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Boomkat Product Review:
Enchanting debut release of diaristic, biographical reflections on space, place and time from Irving Park, presenting a subtly personalised suite of spectral piano pieces, ambient electronics and disembodied vocals that distill elusive sensations into tangibly haunting musical studies.
Humbly treading in the footsteps of like-minded projects from the Cotton Goods camp or the most wistful Richard Skelton releases, 5 2 1 offers a relatably warm and inviting suite of compositions operating with a feeling of gauzy detachment that suggests sequestered, subjective journeys of discovery.
The nine pieces fall over three discs, with each part framing his perfume-like piano meditations against the ephemeral rustle and hum of location recordings that suffuse and link his pieces like with the naturalistic nuance of moss or drizzle, balancing his personalised magick with a sense of the ordinary and everyday.
In the process the music takes on a beautifully shy or even coy quality, leaving a crumb trail of nudges and suggestively glimpsed signposts for navigation, encouraging the listener to take the enclosed map and the music as loose guides for your mental ramble between the grey day cafe ambience of 351 Indian Trail, Rockton IL and the quietly blistering resolution of Home, which almost feels like chilblains after a soggy but very satisfying mooch across country.
A gorgeous package.
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