Album ANW 4354The Face of Light

Stuart Roslyn (PRS) | Matthew Foundling (PRS) | Craig Sunderland (PRS)

Chilled-out washes of neon synths speckled with light, droning waves and bright, pulsing pings. Warm, organic instrumentation brings a human touch.

14 tracks
  1. Stepping Beyond Reality4354/10Bright synth pulses accompanied by plucked acoustic guitar play in an odd-couple harmony, beautiful and hopeful. A swelling drone pushes the acoustic to the fore, overtaken by a harsh synth that dominates until a final acoustic pluck.2:33
  2. Freelance4354/17Whining drone howls into tense plucked bass that marches into echoing crashes and glitching synth. The bass refuses to relent amidst rising synth stabs that swish upwards with each pass. A bleak landscape filled with gushes of wind and plodding bass.2:16
  3. Transit4354/23Jittery synth ping-pongs as airy crashes give way to synth layers, matching electric guitar, and a host of snaps, shakers, and stick clicks. Guitar and synth fight against this percussive background before being cut off; only a faint synth fades out.2:37
  4. Phantom Thread4354/39Somber synths whoosh into airy vocal. Faint swish jumps to electric loops and acoustic guitar stabs. Vocals and electric guitar riffs whoop as swirling synth whines. Electric finds its reverse riff with the occasional pluck and last vocal woo.2:53
  5. Lunar Cave4354/52Warbling synth swells into a booming bass and echoing claps. Layers of synth sprint to the fore as faint acoustic guitar plucks away. Airy clicking and cymbal crashes push towards a percussive collage kept in line by the gurgling synth.2:54
  6. Lux Lamina4354/59Bright humming drone, a thumping bass, warbling synth layers, and echoing guitars swirl around, popping in and out of the airy landscape. Fractured and unfocused, no element finds strong footing against the drone, and everything eventually fades out.2:41
  7. Soul Fire4354/67Jogging synth layers ring, ping, and buzz as an anchoring bass booms in to guide the way. Bright neon shimmers with layers of guitar glides and chirping, building stick clicks. A rainforest of synth washes around a persistent tinkling bell.2:45
  8. Cycle of Life4354/74Somber guitar plucks against a hissing synth as airy claps and rattles swim around the fog. A buzzing tone allows guitar and warm synth to share spotlight, joined by stick clicks, static, and walking bass that guides the way to a buzzing fade out.3:23
  9. Mutate4354/85Somber piano in a slow, murky dronescape that threatens to envelop. Hollow plunking reveals static boom-claps and riding cymbal. Light synthscape adds hope as the plunking returns momentarily. The synth becomes imposing and dark before fading out.3:11
  10. Joy Machine4354/91Vibrating synth and airy bass anchor a cymbal crash into a boom-clap and glitching vocals that pop in and out. Washes of synth layers and spraying vocals echo out as a persistent buzzing synth rises up and navigates until a fluttering fade out.3:05
  11. Outlook4354/104Bright, stuttering synth airily swirls around, finding layers of brethren, a recurring muted boom-clap, a sweeping vocal, and pulsing wood block. The plinking synth sounds off, grounded by a steady, darker humming counterpart and fluttering echo.2:31
  12. Ring of Brodgar4354/113Ethereal synth brightly swirls downward to swaying whines and echoing vocal. The synth warps and pulses towards static and tambourine boom-clap punctuated by hushed vocal stabs. The finale is a wash of elements vying for dominance and fading away.2:44

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