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Away from the docks

Christopher Cole | Seattle, WA | 06/19/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"finally i feel unwed sailor has made music that fits their name. they have broken away from their structured guitar melodies into a minimalistic approach which feels more like an ocean surface landscape than anything.

track one is 11 minutes of pure constance. similar in tempo to tarentel's "adonai" (and coincedentally only 8 seconds longer). slow moving but it has the sense that it's approaching something. that something is track 2: upbeat and smooth sailing. this piece is reminiscent of eno's "the big ship". this track makes the record, although a short one at that. just these two songs. the song names are fitting though: mist and mesa. mesa meaning a flat table-like expanse of land. wonderfully named.

i thought after three years without a release the band would have produced more than 16 minutes of music. but with the anticipation of another release this year "the white ox", this is excusable for the band.

fully refreshing to hear this album. very daring in it's minimalism. pick it up and play it on repeat.

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