Even though this is his debut solo album, the multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Eric Angelo Bessel is certainly not a new name in the world of independent music. Now four albums deep with his band Lore City, which includes his wife Laura Mariposa Williams, his first solo LP thankfully carries a similar abstract and unpredictable spirit.<\/p>\n
The eight-track instrumental listen wastes no time drawing the listener in with the ambient dreaminess of \u201cSunken Prism,\u201d which carries a backdrop that resembles water moving in another dimension, as the careful Mellotron emits waves of unique beauty.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Tap On The Shoulder\u201d follows with a brighter tone that\u2019s a bit mysterious and subtly melodic, while \u201cHoax\u201d flows with ebowed guitars amid a very chilling cinematic quality that\u2019s powerful and cathartic.<\/p>\n
The middle tracks belong to \u201cSecret Lake\u201d and \u201cIt’s So Far Away.\u201d The former is quite hypnotic, a little eerie, maybe even a bit spiritual in an atypical fashion, and the latter buzzes with a radiant presence of meditative sensibilities. <\/p>\n
Further still, \u201cLess Red\u201d seems like it could emanate from a deserted amusement park before fading into an ethereal haze, and \u201cHighest Invoking\u201d leads with a distinct ominousness that parallels a soundtrack to a sci-fi flick with its dense mood. \u201cKindly Rewind\u201d finishes the affair, and it\u2019s a richly textured post-rock exploration you\u2019ll want to revisit again, as you will the entire album. <\/p>\n
Bessel wrote, arranged, produced and recorded all these tracks, and he did an incredible job capturing his ultra-creative vision that incorporates psychedelic, gothic and experimental ideas that blur the lines of art, sound and ambience. If you’re already a fan of Lore City, you’re going to enjoy Visitation<\/i>, and vice versa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":34917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10910],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-46784","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-eric-angelo-bessel","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46784"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}