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: Artist: Landing :
: Album: Passages Through :
: Tracks: 08 :
: Time: 47:30 minrs :
: Bitrate: 192 kbit Full Stereo :
: Genre: Indie :
: Label: K Records :
: Str.Date: 06/03/2003 :
: Rip.Date: 07/20/2003 :
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.. About This Release .......................................
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: The new record from Landing ! :
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: Enjoy ! :
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: With this release, we tried to incorporate all the :
: aspects of Landing into a cohesive album. Rather than :
: focus on one side of the band (like Fade In/Fade Out or :
: the Tour EP), we thought it would be fun to write songs :
: that utilized free improvisation in tandem with solid :
: song structures. Unlike our previous releases, Passages :
: Through was entirely completed within the space of 3 :
: months, making it a snapshot of where we were as a :
: band. :
: Passages Through is our first album for K records and :
: we feel really honored and excited to begin what we :
: hope will be a long relationship with the K records :
: family. :
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: http://www.thevessyl.org/musicfellowship/landing/passag :
: es.html :
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: In the past three years, Connecticut's Landing have :
: released four rather different records on three labels. :
: The band's debut Oceanless was filled with long, dreamy :
: instrumentals that combined the Young-meets-dreampop :
: bend of Windy & Carl with streaks of heavier stoner :
: psychedelia. The follow-up full length Seasons saw them :
: settling uneasily into soft, delicate slowcore :
: territory, mixing lots of acoustic guitars with :
: strained harmonies, verses and choruses. This year's :
: Fade In Fade Out EP was a mixture of the two styles, :
: with a pronounced lean toward the drones of Oceanless. :
: Landing is prolific as hell-- several members have :
: combined with Adam Forkner to record two Surface of :
: Eceon records in the last two years-- but they're :
: restless, trying to figure out how to tie their ideas :
: together. :
: :
: On Passages Through, Landing is slowly finding a way to :
: integrate their wistful, open-ended guitarscapes with :
: proper songs. They've kept all of the melody and most :
: of the structure of Seasons, but the singing is more :
: accomplished if it's a bit further down in the mix. :
: Most important, during the best moments of Passages :
: Through, Landing have given tracks the space to wander :
: when they need to; the album feels open, and unforced. :
: The word "experiment" implies a certain amount of :
: forethought and control-- this record that is about :
: letting go. :
: :
: "Close Your Eyes, Slowly" is Landing perfectly :
: realized. The drummer lays out for the first three :
: minutes and allows two guitars-- playing overlapping :
: scales in a repeating minimalist style-- to braid a :
: rope to the clouds so that Adrienne SnowÆs voice, mixed :
: just right to add an ethereal glow, might ascend into :
: the mist. AdrienneÆs husband Aaron also sings in :
: Landing, but the timbre of Adrienne's voice is better :
: suited to the busier guitar songs, bonding nicely with :
: the circular, heavily reverbed patterns the band :
: favors. Another example is the first bit of :
: "Breathing", which begins as a drifting, shapeless :
: mass, her voice floating between the guitars without :
: tune until the track settles into a serene drone, :
: modulated by tremelo-bar ripples (it confidently :
: stretches past 14 minutes). As a "song" it's about 80% :
: coda, and that makes perfect sense for this style of :
: music. The nine-minute opener "Wings of Light" also :
: manages to combine hints of song with an appealing :
: tangle of guitar drone. :
: :
: When constructing more disciplined pieces, Landing :
: shows some signs of improvement. "Hold Me Under" shares :
: the Low aspirations hinted at on Seasons, but comes :
: closer to that high standard with tighter harmonies and :
: a better melody. Still, the acoustic ballads remain :
: Landing's sticking point. While the Adrienne-sung "It :
: is Shining" is interesting enough in the way its :
: wide-eyed folkiness harks back to early 10,000 Maniacs :
: (an 80s sound few would touch these days), "Wrapped Up :
: in Flight" and "Tell Myself" are pretty on the surface, :
: but ultimately dull. When Landing sounds too relaxed :
: and effortless, their music just seems strangely :
: hollow, the indie guitar band equivalent of a Thomas :
: Kincaid painting. Fortunately, such moments are rare :
: enough on Passages Through. :
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: -Mark Richardson, June 20th, 2003 :
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.. Track List ...............................................
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: 01 Wings of light 08:59 :
: 02 Hold me under 03:21 :
: 03 Close your eyes, slowly 04:55 :
: 04 Wrapped up in flight 03:17 :
: 05 To see you 05:40 :
: 06 It is shining 03:45 :
: 07 Breathing 14:05 :
: 08 Tell myself 03:28 :
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: 47:30 min:
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: YOU DO THE OOOHHH'S & AAAAAHH'S :
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