It Emerged To Hold Me
Shimmering Moods, 2022
9/10
Listen to It Emerged To Hold Me
An Italian native who now calls London home, Alessandro Incorvaia penned these 6 instrumental tracks as a form of therapy, where synth, guitar, keys and samples are blurred into a surreal demeanor that’s quite absorbing.
“Always Been There” starts the listen off with a warm, glowing atmosphere of dreamy synth, and is followed by “And now it holds me, completely”, where light keys complement the radiant, cinematic quality from the precisely layered synth.
At the halfway point, “From one side to the other, from one side to the other” is a bit more ominous, but builds into a soaring, uplifting climate of post-rock nods, while “Live them again and close them” brings percussive sounds to the hazy album highlight.
“Solace” and “A part of me and I’ll take care of” exit the listen, where the former is layered precisely with a glaze of psych-rock nods, and the latter floats with a meditative quality that just begs to be taken with on a long walk.
A listen that’s often peaceful and carries a cozy feeling of nature, there’s traces of darker moments present, no doubt stemming from a low point in Incorvaia’s life, and it’s all balanced with much skill.
Travels well with: Pess- You Can Make Hamburger Yourself; Iran- Persis