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█▒ Artist - Loma ▒█
█▒ Title - Don't Shy Away ▒█
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█▒ Genre - Indie Year - 2020 ▒█
█▒ Format - Album Time - 43:47 ▒█
█▒ Label - Sub Pop Records Source - Web Store ▒█
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▌░ 01. I Fix My Gaze 3:10 ░▐
▌░ 02. Ocotillo 4:50 ░▐
▌░ 03. Half Silences 3:46 ░▐
▌░ 04. Elliptical Days 4:30 ░▐
▌░ 05. Given A Sign 4:20 ░▐
▌░ 06. Thorn 4:54 ░▐
▌░ 07. Breaking Waves Like A Stone 4:38 ░▐
▌░ 08. Blue Rainbow 3:08 ░▐
▌░ 09. Jenny 1:20 ░▐
▌░ 10. Don't Shy Away 4:31 ░▐
▌░ 11. Homing 4:40 ░▐
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▌░ On December 26th, 2018, Emily Cross received an excited email ░▐
▌░ from a friend: Brian Eno was talking about her band on BBC ░▐
▌░ radio. ôAt first I didnÆt think it was real,ö she admits. But ░▐
▌░ then she heard a recording: Eno was praising ôBlack Willowö ░▐
▌░ from LomaÆs self-titled debut, a song whose minimal groove ░▐
▌░ and hypnotic refrain seem as much farewell as a manifesto: I ░▐
▌░ make my bed beside the road / I carry a diamond blade / I ░▐
▌░ will not serve you. He said heÆd had it on repeat. ░▐
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▌░ At the time, a second Loma album seemed unlikely. The band ░▐
▌░ began as a serendipitous collaboration between Cross, the ░▐
▌░ multi-talented musician and recording engineer Dan Duszynski, ░▐
▌░ and Shearwater frontman Jonathan Meiburg, who wanted to play ░▐
▌░ a supporting role after years at the microphone. TheyÆd ░▐
▌░ capped a grueling tour with a standout performance on a ░▐
▌░ packed beach at Sub PopÆs SPF 30 festival, in which Cross ░▐
▌░ leapt into the crowd, and then into the sea, while the band ░▐
▌░ carried on from the stageùan emotional peak that also felt ░▐
▌░ like a natural ending. ôIt was the biggest audience weÆd ever ░▐
▌░ had,ö she says. ôWe thought, why not stop here?ö ░▐
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▌░ Following the tour, Cross went to rural Mexico to work on ░▐
▌░ visual art and a solo record, while Meiburg began a new ░▐
▌░ Shearwater effort. But after a few months apart (and EnoÆs ░▐
▌░ encouraging words), the trio changed their minds and ░▐
▌░ reconvened at DuszynskiÆs home in rural Texas, where they ░▐
▌░ began to develop songs that would become DonÆt Shy Away. Loma ░▐
▌░ writes by consensus, and though Cross is always the singer, ░▐
▌░ she, Duszynski and Meiburg often trade instruments. Meiburg ░▐
▌░ compares their process to using a ouija board, and says the ░▐
▌░ songs revealed themselves slowly, over many months. ôEach of ░▐
▌░ us is a very strong flavor,ö he says, ôbut in Loma, nobody ░▐
▌░ wears the crown, so we have to trust each otherùand we end up ░▐
▌░ in places none of us would have gone on our own. I think we ░▐
▌░ all wanted to experience that again.ö The album that emerged ░▐
▌░ is gently spectacularùa vivid work whose light touch belies ░▐
▌░ its timely themes of solitude, impermanence, and finding ░▐
▌░ light in deep darkness. Stuck / beneath / a rock, Cross ░▐
▌░ begins, as if noticing her predicament for the first time. ░▐
▌░ Then she adds: I begin to see / the beauty in it. ░▐
▌░ ░▐
▌░ ItÆs a couplet that evokes the album in miniature. DonÆt Shy ░▐
▌░ Away is shot through with revelations, both joyful (ôGiven a ░▐
▌░ Signö) and sober (the clear-eyed title track), and winds from ░▐
▌░ moment to moment with confidence and humor. Like LomaÆs first ░▐
▌░ effort, thereÆs a tangible and sensuous feeling of place; ░▐
▌░ insects sing in the trees, an ill-fitting door creaks in the ░▐
▌░ wind. But thereÆs also a daring and hard-won wisdom, ░▐
▌░ underlined by CrossÆs benevolent clarinet, which often sounds ░▐
▌░ like an extension of her singing voice. ôOcotilloöÆs desert ░▐
▌░ landscape unreels into a blazing sun; ôElliptical Daysö seems ░▐
▌░ to ascend endlessly like EscherÆs circling monks; the ░▐
▌░ jubilant ôBreaking Waves Like a Stoneö appears out of a haze ░▐
▌░ of synthesizers that pulse like fireflies. A series of guests ░▐
▌░ wander through these absorbing soundscapes, including touring ░▐
▌░ members Emily Lee (piano, violin) and Matt Schuessler (bass), ░▐
▌░ Flock of Dimes/Wye OakÆs Jenn Wasner, and a surprisingly ░▐
▌░ bass-heavy horn section. ░▐
▌░ ░▐
▌░ And then thereÆs Brian Eno. Loma invited him to participate ░▐
▌░ in the mantra-like ôHoming,ö which concludes the album, and ░▐
▌░ sent him stems to interact with in any way he liked. He never ░▐
▌░ spoke directly with the band, but his completed mix arrived ░▐
▌░ via e-mail late one night, without warning, and they gathered ░▐
▌░ to listen in the converted bedroom Duszynski uses as a ░▐
▌░ control room. ôI was a little worried,ö says Cross. ôWhat if ░▐
▌░ we didnÆt like it?ö But it was all theyÆd hoped for: minimal ░▐
▌░ but enveloping, friendly but enigmatic, as much Loma as Enoùa ░▐
▌░ perfect ending to an album about finding a new home inside an ░▐
▌░ old one. I am somewhere that you know, Cross sings, above a ░▐
▌░ chorus of her bandmatesÆ blended voices. I am right behind ░▐
▌░ your eyes. ░▐
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https://lomamusic.bandcamp.com/album/dont-shy-away