Wilks - A Soul to Borrow
Released: October 31 There’s a rather calm overtone to Wilks latest album that is somewhat obscured by the often quick pace of the percussive elements of the album. Each track has this tension between these two factors that never quite abates but keeps a kind of push and pull to each instance. Take “Ameliorate” for example - the drums play out a kind of jungle/DnB inspired rhythm, keeping a low profile in their tone and sounding a bit muted or subdued. But as they play out this rapid fire rhythm, the synths play out a calm and spacey pad with elongated notes that convey a sense of calm passivity as they get swept up in the rhythm. In some ways, tit feels almost like two different songs wonderfully mashed together into a lovely assemblage. And this is really the strength of this album in my opinion. It can easily and beautifully blend together two moods in contextual bliss with tight mixing and a certain preservation of energy. Similarly, some of the other tracks tie equally ...
