The second forest swords album, compassion, was released through ninja tune on 5 may 2017, with a video and streaming single release of lead track arms out and a set of worldwide festival and headline tour dates. Forest swords fastapproaching debut album very nearly never came to be. Forest swords makes music that is haunting, and strangely militaristic. While electronics and experimentation have long been a part of the projects music, much of forest swords previous releases have had a distinctly oldworld, almost ancient, sensibility to them more marching into battle than march of progress.
Cue forest swords, experimental electro project of matthew barnes, whose 2010 ep dagger paths netted wide critical acclaim and several yearsend best of spots. Uniquely, engravings was mixed on headphones outdoors on thurstaston. Engravings by forest swords on amazon music unlimited. Voices are distinguishable as voices, but a language is indistinguishable. His songs are often repetitive and utilize cavernous sounding synths. Forest swords, a project of british musician matthew barnes, caused a stir. Forest swords the machine air original film soundtrack. Clash gives a double thumbs up to the exquisitely articulated darkness of the first forest swords album, engravings, released on triangle. Its a hell of a debut, refining an organic sound that. Barnes debut lp as forest swords, engravings, isnt solely inspired by present aspects like todays weather. Engravings, his first fulllength, evokes a grayness of place so completely that it is utter, that there is no there there because there is. When people borrow gertrude steins notorious phrase there is no there there, their meaning is usually pejorative. After releasing 2010s critically beloved dagger paths ep, u. There is a level of violence the way that he utilizes instruments.
Forest swords is one producer, matthew barnes, from the wirralliverpool, uk. Users who ignore this rule will be banned from the site. Reviews of engravings by forest swords, second album of experimental dub ambient drone dream pop from liverpoolbased producer matthew barnes. The project comes just under four years after his debut album engravings hit stores, both singles can be streamed below via youtube. Carrie battan talks with uk producer matthew barneswho makes ominous, skulking music as forest swordsabout his mary j bligeinspired lifestyle philosophy, reading rza, listening to the. Despite his embracing of the ephemeral nature of punk bands, with their penchant for oneminute wonders and disappearance after releasing a single. Forest swords website featuring tour dates, merch, vinyl and live dates.
Sure, we have heard songs like ljoss and thors stone before, but hardly ever. Its an album that has facets from across the spectrum of experimental electronic music but, in the hands of the masterful sonic auteur matthew barnes, forest swords music sounds triumphantly singular. Foodman, vocaloids, and the japanese focus of orange milk records. Listen to your favorite songs from engravings by forest swords now. Atmospheric electronic music is a rarity these days, so when bands like forest swords come along it tends to set a new standard for what is acceptable.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. A remix of engravings lead track thors stone by dub artist lee scratch perry was posted online in november 20. The first single from the album, the highest flood, was released on 7 march 2017. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Forest swords is one producer, matthew barnes, from the wirral, liverpool, uk. This album features in the top ten albums of 20 matthew barnes, aka forest swords, brought together one of the more brilliant eps in recent memory in the form of 2010s dagger paths released through no pain in pop, and his debut full length for brooklynbased tri angle records was no less spectacular. Thats when i threw on engravings, the new forest swords album, and let myself disappear into it.
Forest swords engravings forest swords hugely acclaimed debut ep, dagger paths, was a minor revelation when it appeared forest swords hugely acclaimed debut ep, dagger paths, was a minor revelation when it appeared in 2010. Reviews of engravings by forest swords album, ambient dub. Watch the video for ljoss from forest swordss engravings for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. We saw and heard remnants of his talent, with barnes producing tracks for how to dress well s total loss, but no solo work. In these perfectionist times, three years is not such an unreasonably long incubation period for a fulllength album, but after the mouth watering psychrockdub fusion that matthew barnes concocted on his first release as forest swords the immeasurably stellar dagger paths ep his follow up has been one of the truly exciting things to look forward to in. While one can give ljoss a lot of fancy names, like neopsychedelia, or ambient dub, or neo ethnic, or, or, or, the truth is that this is a regular electronic track that if anything harks back to the late 90s and artists like leftfield. Taken from compassion album, out now via ninja tune. Forest swords on his new album, compassion, and why whatsapp is better than twitter. Engravings follows 2010s dagger paths ep as the first fulllength album from producer matthew barnes. Matthew barnes, it seems instead appropriate as the highest compliment. Thors stone is electronic music attempting to describe an imaginary scene, in. The album is forest swords second, following 20s engravings. It is strictly forbidden to share links to albums via file sharing sites magnet, torrent, kingdom leaks etc.
Engravings is the perfect sequel, cementing his knack. Download lagu forest swords engravings full album mp3 gratis 69. Engravings by forest swords, released 17 september 20 1. Second album of experimental dub ambient drone dream pop from liverpoolbased producer matthew barnes. Crow features exclusively on forest swords djkicks mix compilation. Its a hell of a debut, refining an organic sound that is at once. Three years later, engravings is forest swords first ever album, but as far as second releases go, the young artist beats a potential sophomore slump with unassuming ease. Forest swords, aka acclaimed merseysidebased producer matthew barnes, returns with his eagerly anticipated new single the highest flood, out via ninja tune. Engravings is the debut album by english music producer matthew barnes under the stage name forest swords. Forest swords matthew barnes, then, is an intriguing choice to soundtrack the movie. Compassion was announced on 30 march 2017, and accompanied by another track from the album, arms out, featuring a video directed by sam wiehl and forest swords himself. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Forest swords compassion electronic written in music. Experimental dj forest swords has finally announced his sophomore album, compassion is slated to be released on may 5th, 2017 by ninja tunedense truth.
He returned to his graphic design and producing background for three years, and went relatively silent. One of barnes most urgent tracks to date, layering a thumping, staggered, skeletal beat. Engravings is the eagerly awaited debut album by forest swords. Listen free to forest swords engravings ljoss, thors stone and more. Every once in a while, we hear a piece of music that absolutely, perfectly matches up with our. The records dubinfluenced hypnagogic pop was an intriguing synthesis of crackling lofi production. On forest swords 2010 ep dagger paths, the web of dub, psych, dance, and drone spun by uk producer matthew barnes felt instantly singular. Forest swords brengt vier jaar na het wondermooie engravings het nieuwe, langverwachte compassion uit. Forest swords friend, you will never learn youtube.
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