Carve Out The Face Of My God
Reviews
Adam Pearson
Reviewed 2011-01-29
Reviewed 2011-01-29
Atmospheric, lush melodic distortion. Ambient drone and a good dose of MBV and Lovesliescrushing worship. Slow, lovely, dreamy noise by Kyle Parker out of LA. This is the soundtrack to a deep-sea expedition with the Root Strata crew(this isn’t from Root Strata, though). No FCCs.
*1. Blissful distorto layers into light keyboard melody. (5:30)
2. Solo string figure, ascending reverbed tones, sparse interlude. (1:58)
3. Ambient crowd sounds filtered through sustained organ chords. (3:59)
*4. Rumbling waves of dense guitar distortion crashing up against the organist. Tense and a little bit psychedelic. Second half gets a little bit warmer. (5:09)
5. Shorter, dreamy staccato tones echoing. (1:20)
6. Lighter synthesizer wanderings with lots of delay. (2:59)
7. Rhythmic guitar chords build up and slow release with skittery guitar and deep oceanic drone stretching it out to the 7-minute mark. (7:13)
*8. Reverb-soaked warm organ key fluttering. A beautiful little refrain. (1:43)
9. Another little dreamy organ riff repeated a few times. (1:30)
*10. Collage of looped pianos chiming, some guitars come in to construct a beautiful wall of complex, melodic tones. Finally some searing distorted guitar. (6:58)
11. Darker, mysterious, eerie. (2:38)
*1. Blissful distorto layers into light keyboard melody. (5:30)
2. Solo string figure, ascending reverbed tones, sparse interlude. (1:58)
3. Ambient crowd sounds filtered through sustained organ chords. (3:59)
*4. Rumbling waves of dense guitar distortion crashing up against the organist. Tense and a little bit psychedelic. Second half gets a little bit warmer. (5:09)
5. Shorter, dreamy staccato tones echoing. (1:20)
6. Lighter synthesizer wanderings with lots of delay. (2:59)
7. Rhythmic guitar chords build up and slow release with skittery guitar and deep oceanic drone stretching it out to the 7-minute mark. (7:13)
*8. Reverb-soaked warm organ key fluttering. A beautiful little refrain. (1:43)
9. Another little dreamy organ riff repeated a few times. (1:30)
*10. Collage of looped pianos chiming, some guitars come in to construct a beautiful wall of complex, melodic tones. Finally some searing distorted guitar. (6:58)
11. Darker, mysterious, eerie. (2:38)
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Charting
2011-02-06 — 2011-04-10
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 10 | 3 |
| Apr 3 | 2 |
| Mar 27 | 3 |
| Mar 20 | 2 |
| Mar 13 | 3 |
| Mar 6 | 1 |
| Feb 27 | 2 |
| Feb 20 | 4 |
Track listing
| 1. | Dive | ||
| 2. | A Fool Persists | ||
| 3. | What They Wanted To Be Was Useless | ||
| 4. | Out To Where I Am | ||
| 5. | On Our Own To Fall Off | ||
| 6. | Beside Me In The Dawn | ||
| 7. | Sunshine | ||
| 8. | Lived On Its Knees (For Matt) | ||
| 9. | He Runs Without Feet And Holds Without Hands | ||
| 10. | Drive Dreams Away | ||
| 11. | Carve Out The Face Of My God |