Mothlite - The Flax Of Reverie

Flax Of Reverie is the debut album from the wonderfully cinematic Mothlite.

The Stan Brakhage film Mothlight comprised insects, leaves and other natural detritus fixed directly onto celluloid, creating what Brakhage called ‘found foliage’. With their debut album, The Flax Of Reverie, Mothlite reflect both the form and process of Brakhage’s work, propelling listeners down the rabbit hole into a world of wilderness and wyrd that is at once English and entirely other.

The album’s six pieces encompass elements as diverse as choral madrigals cascading with strings, the melody and dissonance of Arvo Part and Moondog and the cinematic, studio-as-instrument manipulations of Pink Floyd, Coil, Cocteau Twins, late period Talk Talk and Scott Walker.

Woodwind and percussion take their cue from the devotional mantras of Alice Coltrane and Albert Ayler. O’Sullivan’s words are of the same bloodline as JorgeLuis Borges, Lewis Carroll and Henry Williamson.

Flax Of Reverie’s cast of musicians includes clarinet/saxophone virtuoso Gilad Atzmon (Robert Wyatt), bassoonist Chloe Herington (Chrome Hoof), violinist Sara Hubrich (Miasma & The Carousel Of Headless Horses) and drummer Jaime Gomez Arrellano.

Beautiful artwork and packaging: 8 panel digipac CD and 180g double vinyl in a high-end gatefold sleeve..

Tracklisting: 01. River 02. The One In The Water 03. The Untouched Dew 04. Neverbegoodwood 05. Cauldron
06. Hypnogogue

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