Lake of Tears - Greater Art - VINYL LP

*BACK IN PRINT!!! Sea Island is a collection of new material composed and recorded over the past two years. While many of these compositions were performed live extensively prior to recording, others were constructed in the studio and are being heard for the first time here. Musically, the album represents a range of compositional approaches. Murky, densely textured depths of sound are explored with subtle pulses and pings woven within, contrasted with composed or improvised moments of acoustic instrumentation making a move into the foreground. Certain tracks on Sea Island such as album opener InchAhulInchl make rhythm their focus by exploring subtle polyrhythms and investigating colliding moments of repetition and variation. Though staunchly electronic at it's core, instruments such as vibraphone and piano make appearances, and layers of live musicality, improvisation and detail appear in the looped and layered beds of manipulated sound recordings. A varied cast of players appear in the Loscil InchensembleInch, some familiar collaborators from the past such as JASON ZUMPANO on Rhodes and JOSH LINDSTROM on vibraphone, and others new to the mix such as FILEDHEAD's ELAINE REYNOLDS, who provides layered violin on InchCatalina 1943,Inch and ASHLEY PITRE contributing vocals on InchBleeding Ink.Inch Seattle pianist KELLY WYSE, who collaborated with Loscil on his 2013 edition of piano-centric reworks Intervalo, performs on the tracks InchSea Island MurdersInch and InchEn Masse.Inch

Lake of Tears - Headstones [VINYL LP] Ltd Ed, With Booklet date 07/05/2024

Limited tortoise shell (black and white) splatter vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold jacket. Includes poster. In 1999, the Swedish doomsters/prog/gothic metallers Lake of Tears released InchForever AutumnInch, an album that was destined to leave an indelible mark and be loved madly by Lake Of Tears friends all around the world. Everything on this album, every note, the production, the acoustic parts, the vocals, the melodies, even the cover art, exudes a sweet melancholy, InchdrippingInch autumn, overwhelming the listener with images and emotions, who is invited for 45 minutes to enjoy the infinite majesty of one of the greatest - yet so underrated - bands that have ever been emerged in Sweden. The 9 compositions of the album blend together so harmoniously that we can't choose which one is better than the other. They flow like a calm river that suddenly becomes stormy. From the opening kick of the mesmerizing InchSo Fell Autumn RainInch to the phantasmagorious finale that InchTo Blossom BlueInch offers, there is not the slightest point where the interest is lost. Although all these are known and said thousands of times, we feel the need to repeat them once again. After all, InchForever AutumnInch is now considered a classic album and that's what it is!