Managed to miss a couple of earlier tip-offs, so the first taste of new Chris Herbert isn't so much a tease as a disconcerting delight. Disconcerting because of its warp-speed arrival after the, er, pause between Mezzotint & Constants (part of LMYE's 2014 Festive 33-1/3) - two of the most beguiling releases in these ears' acquaintance.
& a delight because:
Enveloping organ swells cut through with both introspective switch-backs & soaring, sky-rending moments - as Room40 brilliantly terms it, Herbert again "blends the momentary blooming of rich structures with greyscale microclimates"...
Oh, & it's a tape. On the always admirable Low Point...
Stylistically-related bonus:
"A collage of material that didn't make the cut for the second album for various reasons: germinal ideas, failed experiments, technical insurrection. In the grand tradition of the freedom of b-sides, some of it is worthwhile, if unpolished. Many of these audio swatches exist as longer stand-alone tracks that may surface at some point."
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