Sanftest-Folk vom ehemaligen Rhythmusgespann von Galaxy 500, live mitgeschnitten
bei einem Konzert in San Sebastian. Die Akustik-Gitarre wird verhalten
gestreichelt, Keyboard-Töne perlen, eine E-Gitarre hinterlässt
aufgelöste Akkorde, der Bass ist mehr Melodie- als Rhythmusinstrument,
weiche Gesangslinien vervollkommnen das feingewobene Bild, das auch live
leuchtet. Der zweite Tonträger, eine DVD, enthält ein persönliches
Tour-Tagbuch, bei dem Naomi persönlich Regie führte: 54-minütige
Dokumentation des Tournee-Alltags.
(Glitterhouse)
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Recorded live in San Sebastian, Spain, in support of their brilliant
collaboration with the Japanese psych band Ghost, Song to the Siren is
a near-perfect introduction to the wondrous world of Damon Krukowski and
Naomi Yang. In sharp contrast to virtually all other live acts, the twosome's
music seems even more fragile and stark on-stage, its achingly spiritual
beauty further enhanced by a crowd as reverentially quiet as church parishioners.
While most of the material emanates from the With Ghost LP, the inclusion
of earlier fan favorites like "Turn of the Century," "Eye
of the Storm," and "The Navigator" colors in the duo's
back catalog, and Michio Kurihara of Ghost accentuates the melodies with
droning guitar figures as eerie and evocative as a theremin's wail. The
disc includes a bonus DVD video tour diary directed by Yang, complete
with a track of commentary that she provides along with Krukowski.
(by Jason Ankeny, All
Music Guide)
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