Reviews of Deep Valley [12k1102]

This listening experience has something of a spiritual statement.

This listening experience has something of a spiritual statement.

Seaworthy and Matt Rösner allow the landscape to speak first, and instead of commenting on it, they seek to enter into a harmonious dialogue.

On these ten tracks, the six-strings can then trace beautiful lines, supported by rustling sounds from the sound of the river, the wind in the tree leaves…

It feels like the sound of nature itself stretching out in slow motion, reminding you to listen to a landscape rather than merely look at it.

They built around a multifaceted ecosystem of guitar timbres and slowly dripping notes.

In these pieces, the birds, insects, frogs, waterways and foliage are equally important as the guitar, piano and electronics. Truly lovely.

Deep Valley is not an entirely calm space, as through its hypnotic pull is a stream of carefully captured sonic detail from the landscape…

Deep Valley is a delicate negotiation between guitar, electronics and field recordings…