During his time in Brooklyn, Blake Luley has been a multi-instrumentalist with the indie rock bands
Air Waves and
Howth, as well as a solo composer of experimental music under the name
Ajnabi. Though
'Swimming in Sunlight' represents a sharp shift away from the dark ambient soundscapes of Luley's composition work, he retains his ear for texture and rhythm. Like a pleasant daydream, the songs change shape from ramshackle, whispered indie reminiscent of Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie, The Microphones), to cavernous, free-floating shoegaze more akin to Slowdive, to even more …
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