fovea hex - bloom (flac download)
Bloom, released by Janet Records and Die Stadt Records in 2006, is the first part of Fovea Hex's remarkable trilogy of EPs, Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent.
A unique, atmospheric, fusion of folk-derived melodies song and electronica created and written by Irish singer-songwriter Clodagh Simonds, Bloom features contributions from Brian Eno, Roger Eno and Carter Burwell, amongst others.
"...spectral chorales around emotionally charged siren songs" (Aquarius Records SF)
"....spellbinding ambience and eerie pagan beauty" (Another Music NYC)
"...rarefied, abstract beauty - Bloom also recalls the cryogenically frozen "sublime" of 80s 4AD ethereality" (Stylus Magazine)
"Down-to-earth otherworldliness...the singer's got such a knack for marrying traditionalist tropes and melodies with up-to-the-minute-after-this-one experimentalism that you'd think she was born with eternity in her gut" (Seattle Weekly).
Tracks
1. Don't these windows open (3.20)
2. We sleep you bloom (9.31)
3. That river (4.25)
Credits
Voices: Clodagh Simonds, Laura Sheeran, Lydia Sasse, Brian Eno
Harmoniums: Clodagh Simonds, Roger Eno
Violas, Violins: Cora Venus Lunny
Disappeared piano: Carter Burwell
Keyboards, Zither, Guitars, other interesting things: Clodagh Simonds, Andrew McKenzie, Brian Eno
Fretless Bass: Brian Eno
approximate length 18 mins.
