CRUMBLING

Description

Although it is almost entirely sung in Korean, Mid-Air Thief's cult album, Crumbling, demonstrates a distinct universality, merging disparate sounds and styles into a coherent folk amalgam infused with electronics that skillfully blurs the boundaries between the organic and the synthetic. Listeners are guided through enchanting passages of swirling melodies underscored by eloquent plucks, scratches, and bursts of sparkling seeds. Individual phrases drift into one another like in a dream, coherent through the captivating hooks and vocal soundscapes of guest singer Summer Soul. Crumbling is a fascinating achievement in both composition and production, bending to its unique contours of consonance and dissonance, always resolving into a place of calm and beauty.