The Blithe Sons - The Great Orthochromatic Wheel

The Great Orthochromatic Wheel is a one-time, 500 edition LP pressing. The Great Orthochromatic Wheel is The Blithe Sons first full-length release since 2004. In the years since the California duo of Loren Chasse and Glenn Donaldson may have traversed poppy fields and swam to aqua cities though mostly they’ve remained active with their Jewelled Antler offshoots: Ov, Of, and Child Readers (Chasse ) or Skygreen Leopards and Flying Canon (Donaldson) and both in Thuja. These five songs combine nature's melodic pull and minimalist songs forms summoned by a miniature orchestra of eclectic instruments. Each LP side flaunts a different depth of the Sons, one recorded outdoors and the other inside. The indoor set consists of slow-motion ballads built on hymn-like organ, nylon string guitar, analog drum machine & stark percussion. The outdoor side offers a web of exotic wind-instruments & battery-powered electronics reverberating in a cavernous hall cut in the side of a sea-cliff. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for a free MP3 version of the album. The Blithe Sons have released five other full-length albums since 2001 for Family Vineyard, Chocolate Monk and Jewelled Antler. In 2007 the Sons curated the sixth volume of Music Fellowship’s triptych series bringing together Pekko Kappi and Claypipe for a three-way split CD. Other titles : FV21 The Blithe Sons – We Walk The Young Earth CD FV29 The Blithe Sons – The Arm of the Starfish CD. Tracks : 1. In the Shade of the Earth 2. Try to find a Memory in a Dark Room 3. Circling  4. The Genesis of the Great Orthochromatic Wheel 5. The Wheel Nearly At Rest.

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