A Boat Upon Its Blood
Reviews
DJ Aporia
Reviewed 2016-11-02
Reviewed 2016-11-02
Gloomy, pulsing “post-jazz experimental.” Sax/violin/pedal steel + drone. From Constellation Records: “Taking its title(s) from Robert Creeley’s poem ‘The Heart’, A Boat Upon Its Blood deploys the human metronome of amplified pulse as a recurring undercurrent, with compositions that incorporate electro-acoustic and musique concrète strategies, drone, noise, electronics, methodical dissonance, tone poem, layered rhythmic and melodic figures, and improvisation.”
1. (5:34) *** A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 1—Fluttering strings, cavernous bassy drones, the human heart brimming with life
2. (7:13) A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 2—Dissonant sax and violin in a twisted funeral march
3. (5:28) **** A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 3—Rustling dissonance belies a peaceful drone, two minutes in we get a pounding beat and skittering synths, ends in pure insanity
4. (3:02) In the Construction of the Chest, There is a Heart—Hissing glitching noise
5. (3:48) ** A Blast at Best—Noisy free jazz
6. (8:24) *** Still I Sit, With You Inside Me, Pt. 1—Soft, cosmic strings and a tense heartbeat. Sounds of water added in last few minutes
7. (4:33) ** Still I Sit, With You Inside Me, Pt. 2—Violin and pedal steel drown into noisy synths, drum machine, ends dissonant
1. (5:34) *** A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 1—Fluttering strings, cavernous bassy drones, the human heart brimming with life
2. (7:13) A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 2—Dissonant sax and violin in a twisted funeral march
3. (5:28) **** A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 3—Rustling dissonance belies a peaceful drone, two minutes in we get a pounding beat and skittering synths, ends in pure insanity
4. (3:02) In the Construction of the Chest, There is a Heart—Hissing glitching noise
5. (3:48) ** A Blast at Best—Noisy free jazz
6. (8:24) *** Still I Sit, With You Inside Me, Pt. 1—Soft, cosmic strings and a tense heartbeat. Sounds of water added in last few minutes
7. (4:33) ** Still I Sit, With You Inside Me, Pt. 2—Violin and pedal steel drown into noisy synths, drum machine, ends dissonant
Recent airplay
A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 1
Life Aquatic (Best of '16, part 2) — Jan 14, 2017
Still I Sit, With You Inside Me, Pt. 1
Life Aquatic — Dec 03, 2016
A Blast At Best
Waste FM — Nov 15, 2016
Still I Sit, With You Inside Me, Pt. 2
Music Casserole — Nov 12, 2016
A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 3
Magnetized Toner — Nov 08, 2016
A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 2, A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 1
Life Aquatic — Nov 05, 2016
Charting
2016-11-02 — 2017-01-04
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 4 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | 1 |
| Nov 13 | 2 |
| Nov 6 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 1 | ||
| 2. | A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 2 | ||
| 3. | A Boat Upon Its Blood, Pt. 3 | ||
| 4. | In The Construction Of The Chest, There Is A Heart | ||
| 5. | A Blast At Best | ||
| 6. | Still I Sit, With You Inside Me, Pt. 1 | ||
| 7. | Still I Sit, With You Inside Me, Pt. 2 |