Alexander Turnquist
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There’s also a distinct lack of audible “roots” influence here, with Turnquist sidestepping the Fahey-isms that dominate so much current acoustic guitar music. Along with the six- and twelve-string acoustics, Turnquist makes subtle use of electronic textures, such as the surprising Fennesz-like dissolve that occurs midway through “Amongst a Swarm of Hummingbirds”. Faint at the Loudest Hour was recorded by Scott Solter (Mountain Goats, Liam Singer, many others) with cinematic depth and detail.
Well, here comes another one of those Takoma-inspired solo acoustic guitar albums. It’s getting increasingly difficult to talk about the genre with any sort of meaning nowadays given that the spectrum of sounds within this particular school tend to be so heavily constricted. Of course, there are leading lights who mark themselves out as singular talents: Sir Richard Bishop, Jack Rose and James Blackshaw being the big, obvious trinity of contemporary acoustic virtuosos.
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Faint At the Loudest Hour
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mohEsca
running from/running towards are stunning. literally the first time i've heard something like that on an acoustic gutiar
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BoT___
Listened to Hallway of Mirrors last night and was summarily blown away. A highly enchanting listen ;-)
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patman2769
I don't know how James Blackshaw isn't a similar artist—they're incredibly similar. Not that I'm complaining.
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quigley54
are the first two records available anywhere?
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obelisko1971
We Are Magnets<3
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mohEsca
indeed it is
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muller_00
Faint at the Loudest Hour is beautiful.
