#ambient

#ambient

Something Stars of the Lid were already very good at in this nascent stage was making drones that had an uncanny animation, as if their tracks were creatures and you could sense the life moving through them. The opening "Before Top Dead Center" is a darkly brooding piece of gently throbbing guitar feedback, and the swaying modulations suggest respiration, as if we're watching the coiled potential of a giant reptile as it sleeps.

Murky drones swirl, winds howl, and a voice full of Biblical portent mutters, 'I saw something... flower, bloom from nothing.'

The collaboration between James Holden and Wacław Zimpel results in a playful exploration of musical boundaries, driven by mutual surprise and an innovative approach to composition.