Transit Tapes (for women who move furniture around)
Unique, 2021
8/10
Listen to Transit Tapes (for women who move furniture around)
The Berlin artist Lucy Kruger is fine company here, as Martin Perret, Liú Mottes and Andreas Miranda, i.e. The Lost Boys, help her find a place to reside between indie-rock and folk music as much attention is paid to mood and texture.
“Braille” starts the listen with a slow burning display of breathy vocals alongside calm guitar and bare percussion as intimacy and melody meet at a very gentle intersection, and “Evening Train” follows with a similar approach where a poetic quality enters the atmospheric folk template.
Closer to the middle, “The Ceiling” is especially pretty as a lullaby climate yields a soothing demeanor, while “Tired” flows with a meditative approach that’s vocally more firm amid a hazy guitar line. “Promised Land”, the album highlight, then floats with a dreamy mystery as Kruger and company bridge vulnerability and exploration.
Near the end, “Window” turns minimalism into an art form as the song moves with a faint pulse of sparse instrumentation and light singing, and “Warm II” exits the listen with a bigger presence on drums, where soulfulness and well timed bass emit a strong synergy between the players.
A very agile and often pensive effort, dramatic moments collide with a raw emotive component, and it makes for an absorbing and fascinating listen.
Travels well with: The Building- Petra; Alice Phoebe Lou- Paper Castles