{"id":4907,"date":"2012-08-14T10:29:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T16:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2012-08-14T10:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T16:29:40","slug":"lorn-ask-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2012\/08\/14\/lorn-ask-the-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"LORN \u2013 Ask the Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4908\" href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2012\/08\/14\/lorn-%e2%80%93-ask-the-dust\/lorn-packshot\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4908\" title=\"lorn-packshot\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/lorn-packshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.29712362098507583\"><br \/>\nA mouth, a jawbone, a grasping hand, an open wound; the cover art for <em>Ask The Dust <\/em>is just as gray and creepy as the haunting tracks. But it\u2019s the way the images combine that shows the fine craftsmanship Lorn has to offer.<!--more--> \u201cMercy\u201d sets the mood nicely with a creaking door turned grinding buzz that interjects with attitude. As you focus on the murky strings or the minimalist beat it becomes deceptively deep. This can be said for the album as a whole, too. The disc is nothing if not dark, but never sulking (the beats are too mean for that). In fact, listen to \u201cChhurch\u201d as you walk and see if it doesn\u2019t make you swagger. No track overstays its welcome. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xsr0ho_lorn-the-well_music\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Well\u201d <\/a>clocks in at 6:22; \u201cThis\u201d a mere 43 seconds. Lorn knows when to let a heavy mood linger and when to let it lift and his restraint makes for a surprisingly accessible album. Lorn\u2019s underused voice adds a welcome presence to already strong tracks. From the ghostly growl of \u201cThe Gun\u201d to the inner dialogue of \u201cI Better,\u201d the sparse vocals make for some of the most memorable listens but the operatic hook of \u201cThe Well\u201d makes it my favorite on the album. To call it a soundtrack to a nightmare would be selling this disc short. More accurately, it\u2019s a futuristic film noir: beautiful, bleak and arresting in atmosphere. \u00a0Most importantly, the darkness woven into every number never distracts from the dynamic arrangements or distinct melodies. It\u2019s an album to sink into. (Ninja Tune, <a href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\">ninjatune.net<\/a>) <strong>Matt Dyck<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mouth, a jawbone, a grasping hand, an open wound; the cover art for Ask The Dust is just as gray and creepy as the haunting tracks. But it\u2019s the way the images combine that shows the fine craftsmanship Lorn has to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[565,1045,1056],"class_list":["post-4907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-lorn","tag-ulteriors","tag-utn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}