Isolationism

I love recurring motifs in music – ones that develop over the course of a record or live performance. They insist that you follow them to find out where they end up and what paths ...
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“The music really cuts into you and makes everything feel so fragile. It’s on the verge of being complete euphoria and utter sadness at the same time” ...
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“I’ve been a video game fan since forever and always attached to soundtracks. In this case, for me, two enjoyments come together” ...
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“Beyond the production, which makes a difference, and all the aesthetic elements that envelop the album, this is simply a great collection of sublime pop songs” ...
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“The most perfect of mantras. The loop becomes a part of you, every scratch and imperfection only adding to the overall swell of beautiful noise. An important life lesson if ever there was one” ...
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“Many of the tracks have a ‘questioning’ quality and the title is perfect… searching for something precious in a sea of nothingness“ ...
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“This isn’t really a music album at all. It may evoke a sense of music at times, but it really is one of the first and very best examples of true sound design” ...
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“It’s 3D musical 5G. It’s up, down, speed and heroin. It’s bottomless grief and volcanic joy. Radical studio tricks, interruptions and manually switched hard-panning. It’s all in here” ...
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“The repetition, the drones, the tones, the other-world feel of these songs, these pieces, always takes me to that place I need to be. A place of walking in-between worlds” ...
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“It is not just what is there, but what isn’t. No multi-tracked guitars, percussion, backing vocals. There is so much space to get lost in – and to just let your imagination run wild” ...
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“If this album at least gives you a moment to heal and to think about walking towards a new beginning, then we will be able to overthrow the rotting system that got us into this” ...
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“The perfect use of abundant time and an insight into time itself. The weight of each note can feel overwhelming and a whole universe resides in its decay” ...
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“To me, this is one of the best Spiritualized records, where Jason Pierce not only secures his Spaceman nickname, but also it’s an album where he is not letting the listener off lightly” ...
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“It’s total dream time music, deeply textural and constantly being pushed forward by the addition and subtraction of elements that seemingly rise and fall without reason, but never overtake the repetitive, not looped, piano figure” ...
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“When I put the vinyl on, the audio instantly becomes a sonic perfume, and I can deeply breathe in the musical environment these songs create, as it’s so spatial. It is occasionally dynamic, too” ...
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“I fell in love with this record. It was hypnotic, immersive and transported me to European beaches drenched in blazing sun – although it was recorded and mixed in rainy Stockport” ...
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“Its repetitiveness makes you fall into a trance until the very end, when something very primal awakes inside. Maybe it’s freedom, a feeling of being part of something bigger than society. Maybe it’s fear” ...
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“Inside this impenetrable shell lies a world so colourful and rich, it’s almost unbelievable. It is like awakening from a Technicolor dream and reliving it in the waking world” ...
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“Once started, a slowing down, happens. The chattering – the incessant chattering with which we are all inundated – is quieted, and if you will allow it, something radiant is introduced, instead” ...
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“Devoid of narrative, the record is insular and that’s probably why I enjoy it so much. After a while you see yourself within the music; slumped and sedated without a notion of structure” ...
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”Everything on this record feels sedated. It’s a haze of feelings and emotions and half-forgotten memories... The kind of music you would hear as you drifted to another planet, rather than drifting off to sleep” ...
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“This album is the perfect quarantine soundtrack. It’s music for the individual, not for the masses. It’s overflowing with utterly beautiful melodies and genius songwriting and it really brings you back” ...
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“Andrew Weatherall introduced me to Dusty In Memphis. He introduced me to loads of amazing music before and during the recording of the One Dove album and this album was part of that” ...
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“The perception of time is transforming – and I would suggest we embrace it. This three-hour masterpiece has been my soundtrack during lockdown and it has turned my physical space into a sacred temple” ...
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“I don’t know if this record will give you a spring in your step during the lockdown, but if there was ever a time for reflection, it is now, and this is the perfect soundtrack” ...
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“There is an unusual German word, gesamtkunstwerk, meaning ‘containing all arts’, and this record might be one of the deepest in that rare multi-media category” ...
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