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Er valt een hoop onder Alternative/Indie, ik kan er nooit zo veel mee. Met deze dus ook niet, qua genre. Misschien folk, maar er is te veel techniek aanwezig. Shoegaze misschien? Het maakt mij niet zo veel uit, maar prachtig is het zeker.

Kramer – whose production credits also include Galaxie 500, Will Oldham, Daniel Johnston, Low and Urge Overkill – performed all the instruments and vocals on the record, which features nine new songs and closes with a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Winter Lady.”

It’s a gentle and magical mystery tour of simmering acoustic strings, organs, pianos and mellotrons, tape loops, found sounds and a whisper of percussion, laced through Kramer's distinctively idiosyncratic singing voice and lyrics. 

Kramer describes the mood that fueled the writing and recording, as follows; 

“A terrifying wind is coming. I recorded this LP as I wondered, through sound and song, if I’d ever collaborate on making music with another artist by my side again, or live to see another New Year’s Eve, or hear my daughter’s voice again, or Love again. Time will darken it. It always does. Do I really want to be the last man standing, in a wind like this?”

Yet, from those dark origins, Kramer has crafted an achingly beautiful and ultimately hopeful song cycle that conveys a full spectrum of emotion while retaining a cohesive and distinctive sound all his own; the sound of a soul laid bare. 

Tracks:
1. Falling Skies
2. The Rain
3. The Wind
4. The Crying
5. No Words
6. In Absentia
7. The Heartache
8. She Knows
9. The Killing
10. Winter Lady

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwdoDhcY6xk