Desert Window/Ltd Marble vinyl

Description

On her debut album, Lucy Gooch remains true to her electronic roots while incorporating more acoustic instruments and delving deeper into her folk influences through her writing. At the heart of her music is her enchanting voice, which she has pushed further than ever on this first full-length release. Most of the tracks on Desert Window were born from vocal improvisations from which she drew narratives. She draws inspiration from the incantatory chants of English medieval poetry (The Names of the Hare), as well as the singular visions of novels like The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington (1974). "It became a vocal storytelling experience, while remaining deliberately enigmatic," Gooch explains. While her previous works evoked stretched and romantic landscapes, Desert Window is grounded in materiality and the everyday. Her voice is at times radiant, fragile, or muffled. "I lost the connection with my voice, and then I had to find it again. It was exhilarating: there were bursts of energy where I discovered new things while improvising." Whispered melodies and exhausted waves create tension and breath. The result is an atmospheric balance between the harmonies of Kate Bush and Cocteau Twins, the bright chords of Vangelis, and the strange folk ambiance reminiscent of The Third Ear Band or the cult Italian composers of fantasy films, Goblin. A complex and elegant album that blends jazz, electronica, and classic song in a series of completely immersive tracks.