Soft Abuse – 095
"For their first meeting, Richard Youngs (Glasgow) and Raül Refree
(Barcelona) have created a suite of stately, circular longform songs
that manage to connect Tim Buckley's Happy Sad to Federico García Lorca
to plainsong liturgy. The largely acoustic and quietly urgent All Hands
Around The Moment finds Youngs in an impassioned and emotional space
he's rarely inhabited since Sapphie, elevated by lush chamber folk/jazz
compositions that incorporate piano, guitar and more, performed by both
Youngs and Refree. The four pieces that build the whole of All Hands
Around The Moment harness transcendence in repetition, and feature
gorgeous progressive minimalism in full spectrum. Dark existential
themes flow into mystic uplifting expressions of humanity, without
missing a beat. In its timelessness and prescience, the realities
present in All Hands Around The Moment make for a powerfully engrossing
listen from top to bottom."
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