No,
I respectfully disagree! I mean, yes, “Cosmic Winds” is, sure as shit, a
shoe-in for almost any album title on the Constellation Tatsu roster (CT, a
stalwart bastion of ambient/experimental/drone/spirituamal guidance magnetized),
this new one by Thousand Foot Whale Claw (Holodeck Records!) evokes much more the
imagery of the open ocean and its many moody leagues than our
majestic/mysterious outer space. Now, far be it from me to deny the parallels
between pissy, dolphin pods and runaway asteroid gangs, magnetic wavy-gravy and
the subtle tug of a steamliner wake’s shadow, no, of course not! But, dhamn…the
density here!
The
thesis of this one’s definitely multiverse’d, a giddy life within life, just teeming
in every droplet, sososo many independent variables flowing, with their
graceful swirls exquisitely (digitally) tracked, giving us a new, deeper, deep
sea vision quest eachandeverysingle time. Treated electric guitar play trades
off duties, at times providing explorative texture, at others looping a playful
percussive series of energetic, lurching loops. Lead synth chords swell while
other foamy arpeggiations color the spray from above. Deep bass takes turns
rubbing the tectonic periphery and plodding along, mantra-like, but on edge…somehow,
like that echo’d whisper during tense moments of Friday the 13th
movies. Alas, I’ve only scratched the surface…
and/or
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- Jacob An Kittenplan
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