| Disc 1 begins w/the exotic ethnodrones of ISENGRIND (GULARTE), transporting us to some blasted bazaar where Eastern strings, haunted vocals & a marvelous universe of shaken & beaten percussion emanates from every dark corner of the windswept streets. TWINSISTERMOON's (AMEZIANE) take on the folk song is reminiscent of the pastoral diddies of Vashti Bunyan or perhaps some long lost Linda Perhacs or Anne Briggs recording, all plaintive nylon strings & warm, whispered voices. AMEZIANE & GULARTE join forces under the NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS moniker for the entirety of disc 2. A deluge of frenzied woodwind tones gives rise to a blasted sea shanty lament driven forward by collapsing synth lines, booming percussion & increasingly urgent, searing blasts of pure bliss drone guitar. |
