Anjou: Epithymia – VINYL LP

Title: Epithymia
Artist: Anjou
Label: Kranky
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 796441820719
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2017-03-24
Number of Discs: 1

Vinyl LP pressing. Ambient power duo Anjou’s 2017 sophomore statement continues in the vein of their 2014 debut, unfurling a full hour of mesmeric synthetic drift and veiled melodic undertow. Comprised of Mark Nelson (of pioneering post-rock experimentalists Labradford and PanAmerican) and Robert Donne (of Labradford, Aix Em Klemm, Cristal), the group works largely in long-form suites of sound, alternately spacious and dense. Epithymia’s six pieces embrace flux and ambiguity: drones swell and shudder, hushed currents of noise glitch and dissolve, atmospheres congeal and liquefy. As with the participants’ prior projects, Anjou evokes a shadowed, mysterious mood, variously melancholy and transcendent. The album is an accumulation of craftsmanship and experience, blurred forms traced in light and fog.

Tracks:
1.1 Culicinae
1.2 Greater Grand Crossing
1.3 Soucouyant
1.4 An Empty Bank
1.5 Glamr
1.6 Georgia