#402
Circuits of Heaven - Just Came Down From The Mountain
Monday 9th January, 2017
They say:“’Just Came Down From The Mountain’ is driven by the tension between nature and civilisation; the timing of the recording was appropriate as the song was completed in the Inner Chapter studio shortly after a relocation to the Dingle peninsula - the E.P cover art features one particularly remote range of hills there.
It wasn’t particularly intentional but the song swings fairly chaotically between quiet and loud and that seems to match with the themes it’s preoccupied with; the calming allure of nature versus the stress of society; the potentially revelatory effects of isolation versus the desire for a quiet life.
Musically there’s a similar battle going on; there are a lot of Grandaddy / Sparklehorse / Boards of Canada being channeled as far as taking clean vocal and instrumental performances and twisting and distorting them; even the music can’t go into the wilderness without coming out changed...”
We say: “From the economic, reverb-laden intro to its much noisier chorus, ‘Just Came Down From The Mountain’ has echoes of Frank Black in some of his more alt-country moments, as well as the aforementioned Grandaddy and Sparklehorse.
Howling feedback is juxtaposed with tender Appalachian influenced vocals and intricate lyrics, building to an untamed crescendo. Injected with just a little eccentricity, it’s a track full of personality.”
Circuits of Heaven is the solo project of producer Kevin J Power. The ‘Just Came Down from the Mountain’ E.P was released in December through Inner Chapter.
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