I love ambient guitar music. I am a sucker for it. If a band has guitarchords being played at a respectable volume, with all sorts of soundsswirling in and out, surrounding it, and playfully caressing the guitarline throughout, it's a relatively sure thing that I'll love it (evenif it seems to go on for an extraordinarily long time). Drone music, asit is often called, is amazing to me for this very reason. Thosefamiliar with the works of both of these bands will find lots to likeon this release, available now via mail order through The MusicFellowship (see www.musicfellowship.comfor more info). This split single, released on Music Fellowship tocommemorate the landing/windy + carl tour, features the newestrecordings by both bands, recorded specifically for this release. Italso features hand-painted covers by windy (they have a band, they runa record store, and she paints -- is she busy enough?), which are quitelovely. windy + carl's contribution, "untitled," is classic windy +carl, all epic guitars and chimes. It's soothing in its simple beauty,and leaves you wanting more, despite its near 16-minute running time.The other three tracks on this release are landing creations, and Imust say I was extremely pleased after "circuit" to hear their workhere. This is what I was talking about in my landing review two weeksago when I said I wanted to hear the band try something new. On"along," landing work their own drone magic, still using the delayeffects, but minus the distortion. It's exquisite in its stirringmajesty. When the drone fades, and the clean guitar tones take over,playing a playful yet somber line, you're already hooked, unable toturn away. Simply gorgeous. In fact, all three landing contributionsare pretty amazing. "Where the leaves no longer grow" is spacy anddreamy, and "passage to sleep" is the whispers of a nymph joined withthe sounds of the sea over a bed of acoustic guitar and delayed droneguitar. In fact, it seems almost as if, in places, landing and windy +carl are becoming one. What a dream that would be. Pick this release upand never let it go: it's that good.
samples:
- Landing - Passage to Sleep
- Landing - Where the Leaves No Longer Grow
- Windy & Carl - untitled
