Released together with Titania, Angelmark is Canadian Michael Turner's solo instrumental project. Despite dispensing with the services of a vocalist, the music actually stands up well and is marginally the better release of the two. In the case of 'Equidistant Trees' - a beautiful piece of guitar dreaminess - and 'Just Be' (sublime, elegiac piano) the Yellow6 comparison makes sense and Turner produces his best work. Another fine track called 'Low And Slow' witnesses desolate piano caught in a wind tunnel. Granted 'Wave Upon Wave' could be the accompaniment to an early-80s TV melodrama but it still passes muster as does the searing guitar lines of 'The Golden Mean'. Other efforts slip into a background music comfort zone but there's enough here to keep fans of subtle melancholia satisfied.
Released together with Titania, Angelmark is Canadian Michael Turner's solo instrumental project. Despite dispensing with the services of a vocalist, the music actually stands up well and is marginally the better release of the two. In the case of 'Equidistant Trees' - a beautiful piece of guitar dreaminess - and 'Just Be' (sublime, elegiac piano) the Yellow6 comparison makes sense and Turner produces his best work. Another fine track called 'Low And Slow' witnesses desolate piano caught in a wind tunnel. Granted 'Wave Upon Wave' could be the accompaniment to an early-80s TV melodrama but it still passes muster as does the searing guitar lines of 'The Golden Mean'. Other efforts slip into a background music comfort zone but there's enough here to keep fans of subtle melancholia satisfied.
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