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by Chris Bryson<\/b><\/p>\n
Two tracks juxtaposed with equal time to expand within the aural space of the mind.\u00a0<\/span>Idle<\/span><\/i>\u00a0it\u2019s called, but idle it\u2019s not. Slow Spirit\u2019s follow-up EP to last year\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Unnatured\u00a0<\/span><\/i>finds the band returning with all the elements of their sound more finely tuned than ever, showcasing once again their knack for cohesive sonic diversity, while still pulling at emotions every note along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Unnatured\u00a0<\/span><\/i>took listeners through an array of musical motifs.\u00a0<\/span>Idle\u00a0<\/span><\/i>picks up beautifully where that album left off. Split as \u201cside one\u201d and \u201cside two\u201d, within these two tracks are distinct roving suites that follow through unexpected and seamless transitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cUnknown\u201d opens \u201cside one,\u201d taking the bones from\u00a0<\/span>Unnatured<\/span><\/i>\u2019s sparse number and amping it with a swaying melody and a heavy bounce while still retaining its dreaminess. The lyrics are cleverly fragmented from the original and show how malleable Slow Spirit\u2019s artistry can be. \u201cUnknown\u201d fuzzes and crackles into \u201cSleep Into the Afternoon,\u201d where Natalie Bohrn\u2019s reverbed vocals float over sauntering lounge grooves as Eric Roberts\u2019 subdued sax wails with an uneasy quaver. \u201cNobody Knows\u201d moves like a reverie as cryptic lyrics of personal difficulty are suspended over soft drums and glistening guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cInterlude one\u201d of \u201cside two\u201d feels like being trolleyed through an abandoned amusement ride funhouse of tinkering clocks and difficult to decipher clinking metal that move in abrupt and arrhythmic turns, before the coiling chords and alt-punk pulse of \u201cFait Accompli\u201d comes in from the distance. The lurching bridge of<\/span> \u201cOh I Know\u201d flows through ornate rhythmic shifts to a shimmering chorus.<\/span> The groaning clatter of \u201cinterlude 2\u201d transitions into the acoustic breeziness of\u00a0\u201cChampagne.\u201d The song ends spare as Bohrn lulls the listener out alongside light finger-plucked guitar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With this short EP Slow Spirit evolve their experimental sound with widening dynamics that continue to exhibit their dreamy and propulsive pastel lustre.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Chris Bryson Two tracks juxtaposed with equal time to expand within the aural space of the mind.\u00a0Idle\u00a0it\u2019s called, but idle it\u2019s not. Slow Spirit\u2019s follow-up EP to last year\u2019s\u00a0Unnatured\u00a0finds the band returning with all the elements of their sound more finely tuned than ever, showcasing once again their knack for cohesive sonic diversity, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1323,471,747,1322,762,766,806,1321],"class_list":["post-11192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-art-rock","tag-jazz","tag-pop","tag-post-punk","tag-psych","tag-punk","tag-rock","tag-slow-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11194,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11192\/revisions\/11194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}