Devotion: In Love We Stand Alone (Brave Mysteries, 2013)
September 13, 2013 at 10:07 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Devotion: In Love We Stand Alone
Ethereal gothic neo-folk, similar to Dead Can Dance. Cavernous operatic female vocals, droning acoustic instruments, and pastoral folk melodies. 8-minute opener “Guardian” floats spectre-like for its first half, settling upon a slow strumming rhythm for its second. “Charism” has soft pounding drums and lute-like strumming, and spoken male vocals about deliverance and perpetual light. 2-minute “Pattern Of Sanctuary” has sorrowful strings, the most abrasive guitar sounds on the disc, and double-tracked female vocals, one of which may or may not be singing backwards. “In Love We Stand Alone” is a moving ballad with resounding strummed acoustic guitars, mariachi horns, and gorgeous vocals. The disc ends with a 12 minute droney remix by Nathaniel Ritter (Circulation Of Light), which maintains a bit of an acoustic pulse for the first half, but then drifts into hissing electronics and minimal vocals for the second half, with a brief bit of organ during the song’s final seconds.
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