Label: Kranky
Released 2017
Ambient power duo ANJOU’s sophomore statement continues in the vein of their 2014 debut, unfurling a full hour of mesmeric synthetic drift and veiled melodic undertow. Comprised of Mark Nelson (of pioneering post-rock experimentalists LABRADFORD and PAN·AMERICAN) and Robert Donne (of LABRADFORD, AIX EM KLEMM CRISTAL), the group works largely in long-form suites of sound, alternately spacious and dense. Epithymia’s six pieces embrace flux and ambiguity: drones swell and shudder, hushed currents of noise glitch and dissolve, atmospheres congeal and liquify. As with the participants’ prior projects, ANJOU evokes a shadowed, mysterious mood, variously melancholy and transcendent. The album is an accumulation of craftsmanship and experience, blurred forms traced in light and fog.
Track Listing:
- Culcinae 14:37
- Greater Grand Crossing 4:04
- Soucouyant 10:52
- An Empty Bank 13:20
- Glamr 3:38
- Georgia 11:15