Photo by Emily Berl
Tim Hecker has shared a second track, album closer ‘Black Phase’. As with its predecessor, the cavernous ‘Castrati Stack’, the influence of 15th century choral scores strongly resonate on ‘Black Phase’, which showcases the voices of the Icelandic Choir Ensemble dissolving into a darkly hypnotic dissonance.
Watch the music video out today:
The Love Streams sessions took place throughout 2014 and 2015 at Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland – where parts of both previous albums Virgins and Ravedeath, 1972 were tracked – with Hecker reuniting with the same crew of collaborators from Virgins (Ben Frost, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Grímur Helgason) and bolstered by the Icelandic Choir Ensemble, whose vocal arrangements were scored by Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson.
Love Streams is out now on 4AD
Praise for Tim Hecker’s work:
“Wholly absorbing. That you are compelled to stay listening is proof of this record’s eerie power.” Q ****
“Radically beautiful music.” Uncut 8/10
“A record that’s serene on the surface but with a dark undertow.” MOJO ****
“2016’s Most Anticipated Experimental LP.” Rolling Stone
“Borderline spiritual.” The FADER
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