RECEIVERS - "Ships & Lanterns".
Listening to this, I think of nighttime at sea cliffs or city harbour: the cut glass of the waves' peaks, the black of the expanse. But then also the shock of a spotlight, that clear bright line, revealing the water to be blue.
"Ships & Lanterns"' sound is an accretion. Pieces placed together, a still-life on the table. Hear a heart's bass guitar, a singer's rayed voice, a cannonade of bass and tom. Hear electric charge, frilled harmonies, something like a melodica. These sounds exist in relation to each other. Taken together, they make a conversation, summon a spirit. They raise a weather system - flashing, trembling, pouring. Some songs you can sing; others you need to duck under, with held breath.
[bandcamp / Montreal's Receivers launch this album on 20 February]
Posted by Sean at February 5, 2015 10:45 AM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
