25 May 2011 — Henning Lahmann
Originally Chicago-based neo-folk outfit
Pillars and Tongues are about to drop
The Pass and Crossings, their third full-length album in total and the second that's being released via fabulous San Francisco boutique label
Empty Cellar Records. As with the trio's efforts before, the new piece is a heavy thing to digest, but one that will unfold its grandeur little by little if you're willing to stick to it all the way. Employing mainly violin, double bass, drums, bells and occasionally organs, and relying on the marvelous baritone of Mark Trecka, Pillars and Tongues' music always has one foot in the avant-garde, while never completely abandoning pop, which in this case is gloomy, dark, and dreamy, almost cinematic, evoking pictures of lost and doomed landscapes.
The Pass and Crossing is close to nothing contemporary, a truly outstanding piece of sonic art.
The Pass and Crossings is out June 28. Pre-order
here.
Pillars and Tongues - The Making Graceful
