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RIVULETS
Debridement (2003) |
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CKM008 (DEBRIDEMENT): Close your eyes, and listen. You've entered a cathedral: cool tile floors, high ceilings, white marble fixtures, wooden balconies, yellow stained glass. Sometimes you can hear a car or motorcycle buzz by outside. Inside, every sound - footsteps, coughing, song - is echoed beautifully, the natural acoustics of the space allowing them to swirl around a bit before disappearing. Such is the setting for the recording of DEBRIDEMENT, the second album from RIVULETS. RIVULETS, aka minimalist singer-songwriter Nathan Amundson, laid the groundwork for the recording at the Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth, MN, with Alan Sparhawk (Low) engineering. After capturing the core of the songs onto tape (acoustic guitar and voice), RIVULETS was joined by friends Jessica Bailiff, Jon DeRosa (Aarktica), Marc Gartman, Seth Knappen (ex-Darling), Brian John Mitchell (Remora), Aaron Molina (if thousands) and Mimi Parker (Low), each adding their own styling to compliment his songs. There is an undercurrent of isolation and disconnection throughout the album, the reverb of the church / studio recording adding to the distance one feels; RIVULETS lets you in a bit with intimate lyrics ("There's Nothing I Can Do"), then tells you he'd rather that you keep your distance (one can barely make out what's said with the somewhat-buried vocals in "Get Out Alive"). Still, you can see that there's a want to break from self-reliance and introversion ("Will You Be There"), and hope in a belief that brighter things exist ("The Sunsets Can Be Beautiful (Even In Chicago)". DEBRIDEMENT is quite different from the first (self-titled) album, further experimenting with sound textures and harmonies. Despite dark themes of agoraphobia and substance abuse, this is a remarkably beautiful work, rewarding repeated listening. RIVULETS´ honest and expressive voice, as well as his delicate melodies, will stay in your head for days. |
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PRESS "Think of the hazy grace of Low, the heartrending honesty of Will Oldham and the songcraft of Nick Drake and you understand it's hard for me not to give this one my wholehearted recommendation." –the Broken Face "Realistically, Nathan Amundson (Rivulets) should have put out a record with at least one bad song by now. He hasn't." –the Brain ".a shining gem of introspective modern ethereal folk." –Outburn |
