Windy & Carl/Landing - split album
(Music Fellowship)
This CD was released to help support the
recently wrapped up Windy & Carl/Landing tour of the
Northeastern United States, and it features one track
from Windy & Carl and three tracks from Landing for
over 40 minutes of music.
The Windy & Carl song "untitled" is a classic piece of
Windy & Carl drone. It features Carl's legendary
guitar work which is (perfectly) accented by keyboard
and the tinkling of chimes--and it is magic. After
the release of their (excellent) album Consciousness,
I expected the song to be more along the lines of that
album, but this song would seem more at home on
Depths and is quite extended, which gives you time to
get lost in the denseness of the guitar. Windy &
Carl's other contribution to this album are the covers,
which were hand-painted by Windy.
The Landing songs are every bit as excellent, and
represent a new direction for Landing. The most
exceptional is the first song "Along" which begins
with a delicate drone, which then drops out to reveal
clean guitars themes intertwining, at the end of which
Aaron sings repeatedly "you were right all along." If
you read my review of Circuit
in this issue, you know
how I feel about Landing, and this is probably my
favorite song they have ever done. The greatness
continues with "Where the Leaves No Longer Grow" which
is another example of their cleaner, more concise new
direction, and "Passage to Sleep" which features
excellent male vocals on top of a slowly
developing guitar theme.
This split album is simply excellent from start to finish.
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