Grant Evans - (2020) The Pessimist

 

Adversary – Adversary no. 27

Using crude acoustic sounds recorded to 1⁄4" tape, "The Pessimist" finds Grant Evans crafting an unsettling aural self-portrait of the artist struggling to keep afloat after a dark and tumultuous year. Piano and out of tune strings - scraped, bowed, and plucked - melt into organ drones and dense electric throbbing, all buried under a gauzy layer of tape hiss. Not for fans of music.