Artist : at the close of every day
Album : Darkness Travels Light
Year : 2014
Genre : Indie
Quality : 220kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 41m
Size : 69.85mb
Label : Volkoren
Catalognr : VOLKOREN59
Tracklist:
01. shadowlight 2:52
02. joy to the world but not today 2:47
03. detroit 3:55
04. vleugellam 2:32
05. safety's keeping 3:55
06. hope for hope 3:51
07. we keep looking up 4:52
08. this smile is tired of faking 4:58
09. oh lord hear my prayer 3:26
10. falling through 2:52
11. darkness travels light 2:09
12. sadness is moving away 3:34
Releasenotes:
In 2013, at the close of every day made a cautious return from their sabbatical
with the backward-looking monsters album. now, another year and a half up the
road, there is a worthy new successor: darkness travels light.
melancholy and lightness
darkness travels light unites deep melancholy with lightness in a way only at
the close of every day can lay down. again, minco eggersman's dark, narrative
lyrics perfectly go together with axel kabboord's trademark jazzmaster loops and
in their playfulness they bring hope.
thematically, darkness travels light shows just how deeply hopelessness can nest
in every aspect of human life - from minco's stressed-out period following the
release of his solo album reservoirs, a period in which almost literally the
lights went out for him - echoes of which resound in falling through. from
probably the band's most personal and most heartbreaking song sadness is moving
away (with beautiful strings that are reminiscent of the work of david sylvian)
to the reality of broken homes (joy to the world but not today). like with his
solo album hamden, again minco traveled to the usa for inspiration. like before
the trip ended in chicago though this time the desolate concrete residues of an
old industrial center of detroit inspired him most deeply. darkness travels
light was born.
yet darkness travels light is not a heavy weight from beginning till end. the
frugal, rudimentary arrangements - beautifully recorded by jan borger who also
recorded minco's solo albums hamden and reservoirs - breathe wideness and
acquiescence. only very rarely do the songs need a powerful starter, but even
then - in the haunting oh lord hear my prayer - only almost carelessly mixed in
somewhere in the background. across the board it's the consolation that gives
voice to even the deepest melancholy that makes darkness travels light a very
special album.
reunion
darkness travels light also represents the reunion of minco eggersman and axel
kabboord after more than six years of radio silence, in which axel primarily
focused on his family and medical practice, and minco earned his pedigree as a
film music composer and a solo artist.
the way in which at the close of every day returns after this period shows just
how much the duo's potential has matured. every one of the songs is moving in
its simplicity, while the small typical instrumentals add a timeless dimension.
it is at the close of every day's special gift to create music without making
much sound that comes to the fore on darkness travels light like nowhere in
their earlier work.
hope
however black the night, eventually she will float past. in that combination of
melancholy and hope, darkness travels light moves. for long-time fans a maturing
of what has always been there in seed-form. for new adopters an impressive
acquaintance with what has really already belonged to the best the netherlands
have to offer musically for quite some time now.
at the close of every day begins with shadowlight and closes with when sadness
is moving away. and perhaps, that's the way it should be.
limited edition
from the day the band started, at the close of every day has been known for
their special editions. darkness travels light also comes in a limited edition:
this time it's a hand-numbered beer bottle filled with their own unique beer!
the 75 cl bottle (limited to 250 bottles) comes with an album download (WAV) as
well (downloadable at tongval.com, the beerlabel minco started recently with two
friends of his). every 33cl bottle has got a unique code in order to download
the 'hope for hope' song. tongval combines two great joys in life: special beers
& sweet music. a unique combination that perfectly adds to the experience of
listening and enjoying music these days. every year tongval will select an
artist and create a specially handcrafted beer, fully inspired by the music
released under the sub-label called audiobeer.
http://www.atthecloseofeveryday.com/