Pick a time of day! Oxtail Recordings has you
covered , whether it’s with Kyle Landstra’s “Earlier in the Morning” or Dominic
Coppola’s “Later in the Day.” Point is, doesn’t matter. Point is, morning,
evening, you’re going to get some great vibes either way, especially if you can
grab yourself a spare moment alone when you can to saunter out to the porch and
take in the uninterrupted countryside surrounding your estate.
Shoot! You don’t all have as much money as Landstra
and Coppola have, is that it? I forgot about your studio apartments and student
housing. My bad.
Just kidding. It only seems like there’s a vast
expanse of property where you can take in morning, evening without another soul
and you listen to this excellent new split. Landstra and Coppola have been long
known for structuring subtle ambient pieces that nevertheless infiltrate your
waking life, soundtracking your every move until you realize they’re there at
peak emotional points and you’re bowled over with the sheer poignancy of their
content. This isn’t a new thing. This is what Kyle Landstra and Dominic Coppola
do.
And here they do it together, delectably weaving
regular, usual life with the utterly critical moments that stand out as the
most important along your personal timeline. It’s a wonder that one single
cassette tape can contain the impassioned revelation of personal narratives in
such a discreet way.
Indeed: it’s a wonder that two likeminded artists
can pack so much history and biography into such restrained and delicate
compositions. Yet this is their MO. On the regular.
--Ryan
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