In just over a half-decades’s time, and over a dozen and a half releases, Wisconsin’s Inner Travels has trekked across many (if not all) of New Age’s sub-sub-strains, and, with “Nature Spirit”, out on Inner Islands, it may be safe to say that Steve Targo has dreamt up his most centering, beatific release to date.
Across three tracks, IT* calmly guides our mind’s ear through confidences of crisply executed field recordings** that stretch well into our subconscious as Halpernian anti-riff after eye-surrendering anti-riff of reverb-drenched glockenspiel/chime runs and sunshine-doused synth-pad washes each take turns un-hooking us from any semblance of movement or melody, untethering us from any likeness of compositional scaffold and expectation…and, ultimately, anxiety.
This is capital-H “HEALING” stuff, and is truly, absolutely perfect for unwinding after a very long day/life.
https://innerislands.bandcamp.com/album/nature-spirit
and/or
https://innertravels.bandcamp.com/
—Jacob An Kittenplan
*the exact antonym for that scary clown, in fact!
**that would be well worth listening on their own!
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