Stars Of The Lid

cover: KRK59

Avec Laudenum LP (Kranky 59)

  1. The Atomium Part One
  2. The Atomium Part Two
  3. The Atomium Part Three
  4. Dust Breeding (1.316)
  5. I Will Surround You
Kranky Records

The long awaited new album from Stars Of The Lid is finally ready for your sonic immersion. Painstakingly recorded, processed and assembled over the last five years, SOTL once again deliver a massive work filling two compact discs and three vinyl albums, clocking in at over two hours. This album picks up where 'The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid' left off with an emphasis on melodic development, moving their epic soundscapes beyond mere drone and subsequently frustrating all the typical ambient cliches associated with their music. Perhaps the best references for this current work would be found in the score to the film 'Le Mepris' by Georges Delerue, the orchestral works of Zbigniew Preisner, or the 1958 CSO/Fritz Reiner recording of 'Hovhaness’ Mysterious Mountain', specifically the third movement. But in the final analysis, such comparisons are superfluous at best, as Stars Of The Lid have created a musical universe in which they are the sole inhabitant. Simply put, this album is a masterpiece.