Kyle Bobby Dunn - Ways Of Meaning

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A1 - Dropping Sandwiches (In Chester Lake)
A2 - Statuit
A3 - Canyon Meadows
A4 - New Pures
B1 - Movement For The Completely Fucked
B2 - Touhy's Theme

4...according to our Ant on Fri 20 May, 2011.

This guy has been quietly amassing a high quality body of work on labels like Kning Disc, Low-Point, Housing, Sedimental, Standard Form etc. This is another record focusing on memory which is something that interests me greatly. I just love how a sound can take you right back to a moment in time. Often it can be a time you'd prefer not to revisit but this is quite gentle and lucid in its execution. The sounds are spacious and melancholy and really feel very introspective and deeply personal. It certainly feels like more of an internal journey/exercise for the artist rather than something created to entertain or create a vibe/atmosphere, which of course it does wonderfully, as it feel like a window into Kyle's very heart and soul. Thankfully he's chosen to share these experiences and sounds and interpreting his feeling and emotions is not difficult to decode. A very warm and inviting LP from an artist that really does deserve a little more recognition within his field. Super lovely ambient stuff to say the least.

Ways of Meaning, Kyle Bobby Dunn's new full-length album and the second release for Desire Path Recordings, is a treatise on the resonance of memory; an attempt to harness the finality of meaning as a shared experience. Mainly arranged for guitar and organ, the six works contained herein offer a look into Dunn's mind as an artist deeply concerned with time, memory, consequence, identity, and meaning. Each piece, while created from and inspired by very personal moments, represents a point of transference, allowing the minutiae of experience to pass through the grooves of the vinyl to the listener to act as a salve for our collective emptiness, a catalyst for solace, or a pathway out of our ever-present longing. Some moments recall church and choral music, others are anthemic in their own quiet way, and sadness finds warm overtones to help quell its cold nature. Spatial qualities are examined thoroughly; clarity is reached when viewing one's surroundings. The environment comes into focus and a reverie encapsulates the listener. Distant memories spawn a sense of yearning and each moment allows for profound feeling.

Thomas said:

Incredible new LP from one of the finest new artists in music today!

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