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Season of Mists is Skeleton Trees first album; a conceptual album in which each piece is part of a larger picture. The project is a labor of love for the band, who worked on it for more than 2 years. The music was created around structures of repetitive patterns; it evolves through long and slow movements of ethereal beauty and at the same time often flirts with the sensibilities of alternative rock and world music. The objective was to compose a soundtrack for the mind and to forge a unique universe in which all dreams can resonate . With her sensual French accent, Alice Morrison's haunting vocals make her sounds like she could be Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier's dark sister, while at the same time sharing a few things in common with the Velvet Underground's Nico. Season of Mists is inhabited by ethereal guitars, luscious violins, hypnotic drums, organ drones and ghostly vocals while the repetitive and hypnotic bass lines are reminiscent of The Cure's album Faith with their omnipresence. Obvious echoes from gothic bands such as Dead can Dance and Joy Division can be heard throughout the album but one might also recognize influences from avant-garde composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass or even from bands as different as Portishead, Goldfrapp and Tangerine Dreams It is an existential, atmospheric and melancholic piece of work for people who take the time to listen. Season of Mists is mostly about regrets, memories, the passage of time and getting older. Definitely not your party album!