Beneath The
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| Sep 2017
Reviews
DJ Away
Reviewed 2017-09-10
Reviewed 2017-09-10
Droning, psychedelic lo-fi folk odysseys performed on the mandolin. Tree branch Twig is Lindsay Keast of Des Moines, and this is her first release on longtime KZSU friend Andrew Weathers’ Full Spectrum Records. (She’s guested on Andrew Weathers Ensemble records.) These pieces are gentle and melancholy, hazy, airy, and sometimes unsettling, guided by Keast’s sparing but clear and powerful singing. Mysterious and beautiful. RIYL Grouper, Karima Walker, Sister Grotto, Talk West, Tara Jane O’Neil. Favorites: 1, 2. No FCCs detected.
1. *(9:51)—Insistent, tense mandolin plucking. Lonely, wispy desert drone. Slow trance-like singing. Trippy and intense. One of my favorite songs I’ve heard all year.
2. *(6:08)—Slow, pretty strumming. Plaintive singing in German. Picks up for an extended wordless middle before coming around full circle.
3. (4:08)—Sample of James Joyce reading from Ulysses. Simple mandolin line, staccato singing.
4. (20:20)—Multitracked fingerpicking sliding in and out of sync. Soft drone. Backmasked or pitch-shifted mandolin tracks cut in and out. Gets deep and intense in the final five minutes. No singing.
1. *(9:51)—Insistent, tense mandolin plucking. Lonely, wispy desert drone. Slow trance-like singing. Trippy and intense. One of my favorite songs I’ve heard all year.
2. *(6:08)—Slow, pretty strumming. Plaintive singing in German. Picks up for an extended wordless middle before coming around full circle.
3. (4:08)—Sample of James Joyce reading from Ulysses. Simple mandolin line, staccato singing.
4. (20:20)—Multitracked fingerpicking sliding in and out of sync. Soft drone. Backmasked or pitch-shifted mandolin tracks cut in and out. Gets deep and intense in the final five minutes. No singing.
Recent airplay
Under The Water / Under The Ground
Stranded at Settembrini's — Nov 26, 2020
Under The Water / Under The Ground
Being as an ocean — Nov 07, 2019
Under The Water / Under The Ground
tree talk — Aug 20, 2019
In The Wake Of
Music Casserole — Nov 25, 2017
In The Wake Of
Music Casserole — Oct 28, 2017
Under The Water / Under The Ground
Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles — Sep 30, 2017
Charting
2017-09-14 — 2017-11-16
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 29 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | 2 |
| Sep 24 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Under The Water / Under The Ground | ||
| 2. | In The Wake Of | ||
| 3. | Toward The American Frontier | ||
| 4. | Up In Arms, Our Sisters / Our Brothers |