Take Refuge In Clean Living

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:32:29
Personnel: Emil Amos (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, vibraphone); William Slater (vocals, harpsichord, harmonium, organ); Zak Riles (guitar, saz); Alex John Hall (guitar, sampler); Kate O'Brien-Clarke (violin); Cory Gray (horns); Ben Nugent (drums). Audio Mixers: Alex John Hall; Emil Amos. Recording information: Audible Alchemy. The Portland, Oregon, outfit Grails creates a Pacific Northwest brew of psychedelic gloom that recalls both the band's contempoaries (they've worked with or toured with Jandek and OM) and their foggy locale. REFUGE is percussive and rhythmic but without menace or bombast; its instrumentation is nuanced and expansive, but avoids meandering too far afield. The songs themselves can be strangely beautiful in their quietly mysterious way, a la ornate psych-thumpers like Yeasayer. The final track, "Clean Living," summarizes the album's impact best: fluid guitar harmonies spin echo-effect circles around flamenco horns and tribal drums, achieving a bewildering yet entrancing bliss.