Midas Fall - Cold Waves Divide Us - VINYL LP

Limited gold colored vinyl LP pressing. As Mndsgn's first approach to a traditional studio album, Rare Pleasure weaves itself in many forms as the albums evolving theme, blending root stylings of R&B, soundtrack/theme-music, psychedelia and jazz into a sonically rich score of self-actualization. The title itself, 'Rare Pleasure' is an appreciation of sharing life, inward reflection and the gift of joyful catharsis in the face of inevitable discord. As Mndsgn describes it, InchWe are beings living this human life that's only going to happen this way once and only once, every moment infused with a magical impermanence, a rarity.Inch

LP limited to 500 copies on 180g vinyl (300 clear blue & black, 200 black) with printed inner sleeve and free album CD in card wallet. LPs picked randomly. Evaporate, the fourth album from Scottish duo Midas Fall (Elizabeth Heaton and Rowan Burn), is a visceral display of ferocious beauty. Recorded in Argyll, Scotland, the album shimmers with a dark, gothic grace, delicate and brutal in equal measure. The title-track sweeps through tidal waves of Elizabeth Heaton's towering vocals atop progressive post-rock landscapes both menacing and affirming, whilst the cinematic build of Lapsing and the heavenly crush of final track Howling at the Clouds pull vigorously at the heart. In Sunny Landscapes is a magical, magnificently radiant world of it's own, elegantly bringing it's title to life. Extremely emotive and vivid, Evaporate is a deeply beautiful record from the desperate, savage cacophony of Bruise Pusher to the elegant ascension of Sword to Shield it conjures stunning soundscapes at every turn.01. Bruise Pusher 02. Evaporate 03. Soveraine 04. Glue 05. Sword to Shield 06. Dust and Bone 07. Awake 08. In Sunny Landscapes 09. Lapsing 10. Howling at the Clouds

The motet Lord, make me an instrument of your peace by the young composer Noah Roloff (*1999) was the catalyst for the founding of the chamber choir Voces Palatinae and also for this CD. The piece was written at the beginning of the war in Ukraine and picks up on the mood of this event and the associated longing for peace. What all the pieces on this program have in common is that they express a deep longing for peace, which is given particularly intense emphasis here with the wonderful choral sound of the young vocal ensemble.