Thursday, May 29, 2008

Six Organs of Admittance



With the Six Organs of Admittance catalog being extensively long, its no suprise that it took me as long as it did to discover the perfect release most suitable for my own personal tastes. Ben Chasny, the mastermind behind SOOA is no stranger to music. Having played in such acts including; Current 93, Comets on Fire, and Magik Markers, it seems inconsequential to try to understand Chasny's approach to song writing. With such a dynamic history of releases, Six Organs of Admittance has something for everyone.


Dark Noontide being my favorite record from SOOA, serves as the type of music worth listening to in long car rides when all other passengers are sleeping or when its dark noontide, no pun intended. With parallel intuiton in SOOA's song writing such as Chasny's predecessor Elliott Smith; its only natural being as they come from similar geographical regions. Northern California/Oregon. Dark Noontide, serving more of a campfire mystique, releases an atmosphere related to some sort of intangible world with flutes, recorders, tablas and various other instruments being the only audible noises you hear.


i leave the rest up to you.
- d

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