ARTIST.....: Evening Hymns
TITLE......: Heavy Nights
LABEL......: Shuffling Feet Records
GENRE......: Indie
RIP DATE...: 2020-06-26
RETAIL DATE: 2020-06-26
RUNTIME....: 38:14
SIZE.......: 88,03 MB
QUALITY....: 320Kbps 44.1kHz
ENCODER/CODEC: LAME - MP3 (MPEG-2 AUDIO LAYER 3)
URL........: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bv36uutn5teae37x7k2iw7xwe5y
Track List:
01. I Can Only Be Good 4:19
02. Heavy Nights 4:26
03. Pyrenees 5:15
04. The Days Disintegrating 5:28
05. You in Dreams 4:13
06. My Drugs, My Dreams 5:30
07. Kiss My Dreams 5:47
08. Halfway to the Moon 3:16
Release Notes:
https://eveninghymns.bandcamp.com/
Heavy Nights is a good name for an album that conveys a
sense of quiet but not of emptiness. Significant events
in Ontario songwriter Jonas Bonnetta's life, including
the death of his father and the birth of his son,
provided inspiration. The sound is a mix of religious
hymn, lounge music, trance and meditation. The
overarching thread is a kind of shape-shifting
spirituality í¬ a psychedelic church service held in a
forest at night.
Evening Hymns have put out several albums, all
spearheaded by Bonnetta and featuring different
ensembles of musicians. Heavy Nights has a star-studded
cast and includes past and present members of Destroyer,
By Divine Right, Fucked Up and Broken Social Scene.
Additionally, Bonnetta brings in his partner, Caylie
Runciman of Boyhood, along, and his sister sings on "The
Days Disintegrating." Bonnetta casts a net that is wide
as well as deeply personal, which creates a sound that
is impressive both technically and in terms of the depth
of inner exploration.
Bonnetta's voice drones and is aligned with harmonies
that almost sound like they are coming from offstage,
which puts the focus on the varied instrumentation.
"Pyrenees" has a strong electronic drumbeat and
penetrating saxophone, while "Heavy Nights" features an
intermittent whispering horn sound. "Kiss My Dreams" has
a trance-like "hold on" as the refrain, but the mood is
altered by a twinkling piano solo.
Heavy Nights is a transitional album. It's a bit less
straightforward than the band's early releases, in that
sometimes there is the sense it does not have a focal
point or a direction. This is appropriate, however,
given the way the song's address life's transitions.
(Shuffling Feet)