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MIDDAY VEIL – ” This Wilderness “

Posted: November 11, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Somewhere among the sonic synchronicity that binds together the forty-two minutes of Midday Veil’s “This Wilderness,” the band’s animated and eloquent new album,

It’s a realization about self, size and scope, and like the album itself, it’s massive. Midday Veil has long found themselves comfortable creating colossal concerns, as recorded on the band’s earliest, self-released explorations such as “Queen of the Void” and “End of Time.” The band’s preceding full-length album from 2013’s “The Current,” named one of the year’s best avant-rock releases by The Wire magazine could be viewed with some perspective as the band emerging from their kosmische chrysalis, unfurling previously unheard banners of both color and control. “This Wilderness” is the sound of the band under the self-imposed hypnosis of that emergence, extending the voyage with even more color and control than ever before.

Despite – or because of – the extended journey, the beating musical heart of both “This Wilderness” and Midday Veil remains the out-sized synth wizardry of founding member David Golightly, who seems to have ingested every possible mind-altering sound from Stockhausen to Cybotron to the “Love to Love You” of Donna Summer. They’re all on display on “This Wilderness,” made especially ornate by the driving percussion of Garrett Moore, the deep, submerging bass of Jayson Kochan, and the often-explosive, reptilian guitar lines of multi-instrumentalist Timm Mason.

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Yet it’s the mystery of “This Wilderness” that makes the album among the most creatively compelling of this or any year, and vocalist and songwriter Emily Pothast gives voice to that mystery both literally and figuratively. On the opening invocation of “Babel,” Pothast addresses her place within “This Wilderness” and by extension, the place of the listener as well: “This wilderness amazes me / it covers me in shame.” On “Babel” and throughout “This Wilderness,” the band sounds in the midst of the wide-eyed discovery of their sound, and slightly ashamed that they hadn’t noticed the full potential of their surroundings earlier. It’s unclear what will happen next, nor does it seem to particularly matter. Midday Veil  will be staying in “This Wilderness” in an increasingly interconnected, dynamic, even dangerous cosmos – for quite awhile, and it’s our good fortune to join them now.

MIDDAY VEIL – ” I Am The War “

Posted: November 10, 2016 in MUSIC
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Seattle’s Midday Veil are getting noticed all over the place, which is quite an accomplishment for a band that counts Stockhausen among their influences and has been known to cover Amon Düül II.” “Midday Veil consistently produces some of the best experimental psychedelic music I’ve ever heard, always bending genres and minds at the same time.”

“Even when they’re voyaging deep into the unknown, Midday Veil stimulate the synapses with dynamic arrangements and the kind of melodic sensibility that eludes the majority of their peers. They bludgeon, seduce and inflame.”
Known for dramatic performances as well as subtle, varied recordings, Seattle experimental rock ensemble Midday Veil combines otherworldly vocals and cosmic synths with driving, hypnotic rock grooves to produce music that rewards careful listening and defies easy categorization. These Space rockers adding electronic elements to their arsenal , but Midday Veil’s sojourn into more danceable rhythms doesn’t hinder their ability to get really far out, while still dispensing existential lyrical wisdom.

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Members
Emily Pothast
David Golightly
Timm Mason
Jayson Kochan
Garrett Moore