The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black
Ahead of the utterly divine 'IBM 1401, A User's Manual' album due later this year, Johann Johannsson's tenure at 4AD gets off to an incredible opening with 'The Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black' - a genuinely stunning re-edit from the album, backed by the exclusive 'Passacaglia'. Overused to the point of obsolescence, the term "epic" gets bandied around to describe anything with strings, but believe us when we say this is epic - with 'The Sun's Gone Dim and The Sky's Turned Black' a sprawling master class in orchestrated rigour that has to be heard to be believed. Drawing upon swirling strings, muted atmospherics and some poignant vocals, this will have you reaching for the thesaurus as it evokes abject melancholy one minute and unbridled joy the next. It's guaranteed to turn even the drabbest October day into a cinematic canvas you'll be glad to step into... Backing it up is the exclusive 'Passacaglia', wherein a string quartet coax a tartly ethereal composition into life with a skill and restraint that prevent it slipping into the bombastic. Stunning.
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Ahead of the utterly divine 'IBM 1401, A User's Manual' album due later this year, Johann Johannsson's tenure at 4AD gets off to an incredible opening with 'The Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black' - a genuinely stunning re-edit from the album, backed by the exclusive 'Passacaglia'. Overused to the point of obsolescence, the term "epic" gets bandied around to describe anything with strings, but believe us when we say this is epic - with 'The Sun's Gone Dim and The Sky's Turned Black' a sprawling master class in orchestrated rigour that has to be heard to be believed. Drawing upon swirling strings, muted atmospherics and some poignant vocals, this will have you reaching for the thesaurus as it evokes abject melancholy one minute and unbridled joy the next. It's guaranteed to turn even the drabbest October day into a cinematic canvas you'll be glad to step into... Backing it up is the exclusive 'Passacaglia', wherein a string quartet coax a tartly ethereal composition into life with a skill and restraint that prevent it slipping into the bombastic. Stunning.
Ahead of the utterly divine 'IBM 1401, A User's Manual' album due later this year, Johann Johannsson's tenure at 4AD gets off to an incredible opening with 'The Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black' - a genuinely stunning re-edit from the album, backed by the exclusive 'Passacaglia'. Overused to the point of obsolescence, the term "epic" gets bandied around to describe anything with strings, but believe us when we say this is epic - with 'The Sun's Gone Dim and The Sky's Turned Black' a sprawling master class in orchestrated rigour that has to be heard to be believed. Drawing upon swirling strings, muted atmospherics and some poignant vocals, this will have you reaching for the thesaurus as it evokes abject melancholy one minute and unbridled joy the next. It's guaranteed to turn even the drabbest October day into a cinematic canvas you'll be glad to step into... Backing it up is the exclusive 'Passacaglia', wherein a string quartet coax a tartly ethereal composition into life with a skill and restraint that prevent it slipping into the bombastic. Stunning.
Ahead of the utterly divine 'IBM 1401, A User's Manual' album due later this year, Johann Johannsson's tenure at 4AD gets off to an incredible opening with 'The Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black' - a genuinely stunning re-edit from the album, backed by the exclusive 'Passacaglia'. Overused to the point of obsolescence, the term "epic" gets bandied around to describe anything with strings, but believe us when we say this is epic - with 'The Sun's Gone Dim and The Sky's Turned Black' a sprawling master class in orchestrated rigour that has to be heard to be believed. Drawing upon swirling strings, muted atmospherics and some poignant vocals, this will have you reaching for the thesaurus as it evokes abject melancholy one minute and unbridled joy the next. It's guaranteed to turn even the drabbest October day into a cinematic canvas you'll be glad to step into... Backing it up is the exclusive 'Passacaglia', wherein a string quartet coax a tartly ethereal composition into life with a skill and restraint that prevent it slipping into the bombastic. Stunning.