Artist : Upward Arrows
Album : Upward Arrows
Year : 2010
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 221kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 37m
Size : 62.36mb
Label : Under The Spire
Catalognr : spire036
Tracklist:
01. ^ 1:31
02. ^^ 5:25
03. ^^^ 3:56
04. ^^^^ 2:24
05. ^^^^^ 4:16
06. ^^^^^^ 2:53
07. ^^^^^^^ 4:32
08. ^^^^^^^^ 4:00
09. ^^^^^^^^^ 3:44
10. ^^^^^^^^^^ 4:42
Releasenotes:
Part Timer's John McCaffrey unveils a new guise for the Under The Spire,
delivering an album specifically with that label's agenda in mind. Even the
project's name references Under The Spire: "the name Upward Arrows is an
allusion to the thousands of church spires that pepper the world, all pointing
upwards like arrows aimed at the sky" says McCaffrey. In musical terms McCaffrey
has adapted his musical strategy to what he perceives as in-keeping with the
Under The Spire sound, venturing into the border territories between the modern
classical and ambient genres. Taking as his starting point unfinished pieces
from his hard drive, field recordings and even sounds provided by William Ryan
Fritch (a contributor to Asthmatic Kitty's Library Catalog Music Series) and the
Fourplay String Quartet, McCaffrey takes a step in a new direction without
totally abandoning the tone of his established oeuvre. You'll still hear
snatches of the kind of fluttering, processed guitars you'd find on a Part Timer
record, and a similarly warm, melodious atmosphere is conjured along the way,
but Upward Arrows feels a little more ambitious, embracing hazy, Tim Hecker-like
expanses of reverb and a kind of slow, stately orchestral feel that at times
recalls Stars Of The Lid. Delightful stuff that's sure to please both Part Timer
and UtS fans.
http://underthespire.co.uk/album/upward-arrows