Label: Ghostly International
Released 2017
MICHAL JACASZEK is an absolute master of melancholy: the Polish composer who's spun dramatic shades of darkness and light into gold for more than a decade now, from the trickle-down electronics of Treny and artful gloom of Glimmer to the vapor-trailed verses of their looming spiritual cousin KWIATY. KWIATY - which was inspired by An English anthology of metaphysical poetry from the 17th century - is the most vocal-driven material JACASZEK's ever written, melding his stormy melodies with a breakout performance by Hania Malarowska (of the Warsaw-based rock band HANIMAL) and the robust supporting roles of Joasia Sobowiec-Jamioł and Natalia Grzebała, with lyrics adapted from poems from Virgil and Robert Herrick.
Track Listing:
- Flowers 4:49
- To Perenna 4:49
- Daffodils 5:01
- To Violets 4:19
- Love 2:51
- Soft Music 4:18
- To Meadows 4:47
- White Island 5:14
- Eternity 7:10
- To Blossoms 4:52
- Gardens 3:28