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Amber
Webber and Joshua Wells have been playing together for many
years as part of Black Mountain. They've toured the world and
have played impenetrable space-rock to the unlikeliest of audiences.
With an abundance of creative energy to spare, the two decided
to start a separate project together, that they named Lightning
Dust.
Committing themselves to a more simplistic approach with Lightning
Dust, Webber and Wells also decided to escape the comforts of
their familiar instruments and writing styles. On their self-titled
debut, minimal and spacious arrangements and a moody, theatrical
vocal-style aptly expose the demons, creating songs that creep
into your bones with a haunting chill.
The album was recorded in a dank cave and a bright blue house,
perhaps an unconscious yet obsessive protest of the sunny beach
and beer world that surrounded them on the outside. But despite
this unattractive external world, and while completing the album
in small fits of insanity, the two were compelled to retreat
to the coastal summer air from time to time, when they could
take no more of the shadowy frame that they had decided to enclose
themselves in.
Many of the songs on this self-titled debut began years ago
as melodies which persistently floated around in Webber's head.
And, conveniently, Wells was at a loss for words to accompany
the piano songs that wouldn't leave him alone. Their creation
Lightning Dust matched these lingering ghosts with each other,
creating a special, lasting work that perfectly brings together
the shadows with the sunshine. |
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Lightning
Dust
jagjaguwar
2007 |
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