Spectrical - Litchfield
Released: May 16 Litchfield , the latest album from Spectrical, borrows its name from the expansive Litchfield National Park in Northern Australia as well as its sounds. The album is comprised of a wide array of field recordings taken directly from time spent there and accompanied by a wide variety of synthetic and acoustic sounds to include analog synths and kalimbas. The result is an album that is equal parts natural and otherworldly sounding as the two differing approaches to textural creation, both synthetic and non-synthetic, meld into a dreamy and immersive series of soundscapes. With the synthetic textures present here, there’s a combination of approaches that create vastly different pieces. “Morning Light” opens with birds chirping and a slowly rising and falling synth that feels more or less seamless. But “Trees at Our Feet to the Horizon” features a synthetic texture that embraces those seams. The pads here give a sense of constant motion as they have a slight jarr...
