Tomorrow's Gift
General
| Sep 2017
Reviews
DJ Aporia
Reviewed 2018-01-14
Reviewed 2018-01-14
Ambient, jazzy, underwater dream atmospheres and surreal vox, strange beats. Collaboration between UK-based Virginia Wing, a dream pop band, and XAM Duo, a group that is more ambient/drone. One of my favorite new records—
“an all-encompassing new universe of sound with references from the mutated world percussion of Holger Czukay, the transportive saxophone of Pharoah Sanders, and the devotional music of Alice Coltrane.”
Related: Hookworms, Neu, Stereolab, ambient jazz
Favorites: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
1. (20:24) * Birch Polygon—Smoky slowly-unraveling synth, sax and wordless vox, more chimey in second half
2. (3:15) * Yesterday’s Guest—Weird off-kilter vox and instruments, steady beat
3. (4:29) Look Again—Thick droning ambient w/ melted dream vox
4. (2:02) Melon Pan—Brushed chimes and keys, haphazard colorful, voices talking
5. (5:06) * Good Roads Fair Weather—Intense beat and fairytale vox, takes you on a journey w/ some excellent sax, light piano
6. (4:32) ** Person to Person—Kraut beat, sweet emotive sax and electric guitar, One of my fav tracks of the year
7. (7:52) ** A Tunnel—Slow soft, subdued late night, dreamy wandering sax and surreal vox that are spoken
“an all-encompassing new universe of sound with references from the mutated world percussion of Holger Czukay, the transportive saxophone of Pharoah Sanders, and the devotional music of Alice Coltrane.”
Related: Hookworms, Neu, Stereolab, ambient jazz
Favorites: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
1. (20:24) * Birch Polygon—Smoky slowly-unraveling synth, sax and wordless vox, more chimey in second half
2. (3:15) * Yesterday’s Guest—Weird off-kilter vox and instruments, steady beat
3. (4:29) Look Again—Thick droning ambient w/ melted dream vox
4. (2:02) Melon Pan—Brushed chimes and keys, haphazard colorful, voices talking
5. (5:06) * Good Roads Fair Weather—Intense beat and fairytale vox, takes you on a journey w/ some excellent sax, light piano
6. (4:32) ** Person to Person—Kraut beat, sweet emotive sax and electric guitar, One of my fav tracks of the year
7. (7:52) ** A Tunnel—Slow soft, subdued late night, dreamy wandering sax and surreal vox that are spoken
Recent airplay
A Tunnel
Being as an ocean — Oct 31, 2018
Person To Person
Magnetized Toner — Mar 27, 2018
Good Roads Fair Weather
Music Casserole — Mar 24, 2018
Birch Polygon
Music Casserole — Mar 17, 2018
Look Again
Markov Chain Gang — Mar 10, 2018
A Tunnel
Magnetized Toner — Feb 27, 2018
Charting
2018-01-23 — 2018-03-27
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 1 | 1 |
| Mar 25 | 1 |
| Mar 18 | 1 |
| Mar 11 | 1 |
| Mar 4 | 1 |
| Feb 25 | 2 |
| Feb 4 | 4 |
| Jan 28 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Birch Polygon | ||
| 2. | Yesterday's Guest | ||
| 3. | Look Again | ||
| 4. | Melon Pan | ||
| 5. | Good Roads Fair Weather | ||
| 6. | Person To Person | ||
| 7. | A Tunnel |