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Myriad3: Moons
ByElectronics play a more pronounced role on Moons. While gizmo-generated sounds aren't the band's focus, they're clearly well- integrated into the band's overall sound. They're lurking in the background on "Skeleton Key" and "Unnamed Cells," but nowhere to be heard on "Sketch 8." Each of these tracks marry jazz and Philip Glass-like minimalism with an anthemic post-rock sensibility, much like Brian Haas and Matt Chamberlain did on their debut duo album Frames (Royal Potato Family / Kinnara Records, 2013). And this new stylistic / technological angle makes a difference for Myriad3.
Moons is clearly a more assured and stylistically mature album than its predecessors. Though there are plenty of convoluted compositional turns and high-energy interactions herecheck out "Counter of the Cumulus," "Noyammas" and "Brother Dom" for some fascinating thematic adventures and hot improv activitythere are also moments of beautiful emptiness. "Stoner," for instance, is a gently undulating melody that rises and falls unhurriedly. Here, the guys clearly value the spaces between the notes. The same goes for the title track. Despite its more pronounced electronic input, the trio behaves more like a mini-orchestra; carefully managing dark and light, balancing timbres and sonic weights.
For those less enamored of newfangled gadgets and genre-busting compositional activities, "Peak Fall," "Ameliasburg," and "Exhausted Clock" nod fondly to those days when piano trios played acoustic jazz, albeit that brainy, harmonically-advanced impressionistic style à la Bill Evans. Most fetching is "Ameliasburg," an all too brief and incredibly wistful melody of Satie-esque delicacy and richness imbued with a chill-inducing depth of feeling. More, please.
Track Listing
Skeleton Key; Noyammas; Unnamed Cells; Storner; Peak Fall; Counter Of The Cumulus; Ameliasburg; Sketch 8; Moons; Brother Dom; Exhausted Clock.
Personnel
Myriad3
band / ensemble / orchestraChris Donnelly: piano, synth; upright bass, fretless, synth; Ernesto Cervini: drums, glockenspiel.
Album information
Title: Moons | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Alma Records
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