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Recommended by us on 28th October 2010
...according to our Ant on Thu 28 Oct, 2010.
Ahhhh! What a delightful way to end the day, parking my butt and listening to the gentle and magical feminine tones of 'The Cosmic Coil'. Prisma are the girls from Attar Cups and Visitations, and together they conjure up some super-soft and comforting vibes that are midway between hazy folk and dreamy pop. There are also some more droney meditative moments, for example on 'Light Light' where the fluctuating drones are punctured by ghostly vocals. The overall mood of the record is thoroughly enchanting, partly due to the high quality of the recording, the sweet voice and of course the strings are plucked real nice. Lovely stuff indeed and may well appeal to you guys enjoying MV& EE, Charalambides and that kinda gear. Comes in gorgeous screen printed packaging and the LP is an edition of 400 copies (and includes the CD version in different artwork!)
the feminine entities of visitations / attar cups step forward, duo style, for their debut longplayer... and what a debut it is... these magical ladies have been oh so subtly wowing locals with their rare live sets for a few years now, and as hard as it is to imagine, this album manages to surpass their live wonder in both intimacy & intensity... a mesmerizing cycle of ultra-hush dreamtime lullabies, ethereal ghost pop, lost folk, and trance-state sonic whirlpools. the songs are hazy shimmerings of dusty splendor, delivered with utter beauty & fragility, yet shrouded in a thick veil of mystery & sadness. the drones seem to be pulled from between the cracks in silence by some woozy late-night ritual, summoning an edgy & ecstatic presence into the very spirit of the sound... recorded to analog tape with minimal equipment and much spontaneity, the rural autumn / winter setting of the process has no doubt penetrated the creation, and suits the cozy / lonely vibe perfectly... packaged in a truly cool & unusual three color screen printed double-sided foldout art paper cover, with a flocked / screen printed fuzzy mini-poster insert. pressed on highest quality 180gm vinyl with full color photo printed labels. each copy also includes a bonus cd version of the album in its own metallic printed cover (different from the standard cd cover) for easy all night repeat-o-play. hand numbered edition of 400 copies.
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