Silence by Song of Salmon
Song of Salmon's Silence is a re-recording of songs written and released between 2014 and 2017 re-arranged and lyrically revised to form a concept album.
Combining an array of influences (see: the massive 10-minute post-rock opener “Black Waves”) with subdued synths and cryptic lyrics (“Missa Brevis” is sung entirely in Latin), there is a surprise around every corner.
From the artist:
“It's partially based on the book 'Silence' by Shūsaku Endō, and partially my way of processing and reclaiming songs written when I had a different set of spiritual beliefs and as those beliefs were shifting. Recommended if you like existential post-rock with touches of slowcore, ambient, shoegaze, a little berlin-school electronic...or if you just want to be swept away by an indifferent ocean.”
Tracklist
| 1. | Black Waves | 10:34 |
| 2. | Missa Brevis | 6:32 |
| 3. | Kichijiro | 4:51 |
| 4. | I Don't Know You | 4:54 |
| 5. | Solstice | 6:22 |
| 6. | Adrift | 7:48 |
Credits
Written and assembled by Braden Gillispie
Drums by Jacob Kelly
Flugelhorn by Dmitri Matheny
Backing vocals and piano by Kaitlin Montero
Lyrics indebted to the novel Silence by Shusaku Endo
Artwork by Jiaying Wu
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Cover art script by Kaitlin Montero
