The Light Only Comes Sometimes
Mole-Tree, 2022
8/10
Listen to The Light Only Comes Sometimes
The violinist Erica Dicker, pianist Eli Wallace and percussionist Deric Dickens come together for this improvised effort that embraces a very distinct use of space, texture and form.
“Pillars” starts the listen with playful drumming and frantic keys, where the acrobatic strings enter a very hectic and often chaotic setting that’s full of creative free jazz exploration that you’d be hard pressed to find anywhere else.
“Tossed Into The Brine” is the much longer other track, and it, too, is full of experimental and avant-garde sounds that welcomes creaking strings, percussion that sounds like ambient noises, and, later on, ominous swells of off kilter, quasi rhythmic plucking.
An experience that contains much melodic and harmonic language, this first trio effort from the esteemed players is hopefully the first of many, cause their spontaneous gestures and strong attention to dynamic interaction is atypically fascinating.
Travels well with: Eli Wallace- Precepts; Anna Heflin- The Redundancy Of The Angelic: An Interluding Play