– featured image courtesy of sarah grunder –
seattle native trevor ransom returned home last year after voyages to rural england and sweden, pastoral impressions in tow. the producer’s third extended play, aptly titled spring, is six tracks of panoramic bliss, an amalgam of acoustic timbres, delicate electronics, and weightless, wordless vocals.
closing number “vent” is a suite in miniature, with three distinct movements presented in succession. in the first, frosty piano chords descend over a persistent drone and swelling string pads; this sputters off into a collection of found sounds, a babbling brook of percolating motion that embraces a distant wordless melody and bleeds into the finale, a gorgeous choir of clarity backed by acoustic guitars and a plaintive violin.
taken together, all of these components provide the perfect vessel in which to get lost, a true meditation on and reflection of the changing seasons. spring is out february 23rd via the impeccably curated hush hush records. listen to “vent,” premiering right here on the dimestore, below.
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