Don’t let the title fool you – the fifth studio album from LA harpist Mary Lattimore isn’t a hippy-dippy concept album. Rather, it invites adjectives like “ethereal” and “otherworldly” .
Very much a collaborative project, Lattimore has again created music that exists in liminal spaces, dense but delicate, and powerful even when calm. The blurring of mood and texture is the realm where she makes her best work.
‘Horses, Glossy On The Hill’ taps into a childhood dream, evocative of musical boxes being cranked up. Harps and loop pedals co -exist, the arcane and modern, building beautifully, then ebbing away like droplets of rain.
‘And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me’ seems to fill up with air and then exhale, underpinned by light, minimal accordion from Walt McClements and soporific sighs from folk singer Meg Baird.
And as if her ethereal (see?!) credentials could ever be questioned, the elegiac, twinkling ‘Arrivederci’ is co-written by The Cure legend Lol Tolhurst, who’s been incredibly prolific lately.
This is beautiful, fragile music, but never twee, trite, or too sentimental. It’s ideal for autumnal contemplation, when the overwhelm of modern living all gets a bit much.
Out now via Ghostly International.
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Loving this album! And the last track with Rachel Goswell too. Funny I’d listened to it for the first time and then saw your post, auspicious!
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Spooky shit, indeed. Hope you’re doing well, Bill 😃
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You too Lorelei!
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