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Tropisms

by Burnt Pixels

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1.
Entanglement 06:08
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2.
Tropes 03:48
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3.
Cathexis 04:22
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4.
Fewer Productive 04:28
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5.
Immured 03:44
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6.
Cryptomnesia 03:32
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7.
The Black Tide 04:24
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8.
Weak Bridge 03:54
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Xenoglossy 03:37
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10.
Oneironauts 06:20
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11.
Dark Logics 07:05
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12.
Tropisms 02:37
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Review by Tim Whale, Emerging Indie Bands:
'An approximately fifty minutes, dozen track,
album that finds the listener becoming ever more engrossed by the
release as it meanders between contrasts of insular introspective melancholia and upbeat well disposed outward looking optimism, which while seeming at odds with one another, never feels as such and is a well thought through testament to the quality of the rationale for an LP that is
intended as a reflective of life which itself is fraught with self-doubt and equally unbounded delight.
The gazey guitar slowly folds around the subdued vocal while the bending notes give the songs a slightly hallucinogenic afterglow that spreads in to the bloodstream slowing down the synapses making for an album which is best heard, both in full and with plenty of time on completion to reconfigure the brain prior to undertaking anything requiring concentration.
Of litle surprise to regular readers I do find myself more attuned to the darker moments in Tropisims, though given the style of the music, references above to upbeat needs to be taken as a relative comparison rather than as absolutes, yet ultimately - as indicated by the title of the LP - the mood is positive for the future and the listener is left facing the light.
My pick of the release being the opener Entanglement.

I wrote the word ‘tropisms’ in the snow on someone’s car-bonnet. My dad taught me what the word meant when I was a boy, and it’s stayed with me. I was thinking about how plants grow towards a source of sustenance (light, water), and that we’re the same, but that the things we need to survive and grow – or that our soul needs - can be missed by us; can be ignored or forgotten; We wilt and die inside. A trope in culture is something that we turn towards, that we tend to use – a cliché, even. But sometimes we simply need them, these tropes; they help us to understand ourselves, to stumble through, and to interpret our lives. Or just for fun.The album title and song ‘Tropisms’ is about becoming aware of the spirit, the guiding light; of the eternal; of the thing that keeps us going in our indifferent universe, and turning towards it because you have to for your survival, or the survival of your essence; just as plants do; although they don’t need to be reminded, as we sometimes must. And perhaps the Universe isn’t completely indifferent. Maybe there are angels that strive to help and guide us – even if we can’t usually hear them – and demons that lurk and cause stagnation. I believe that art is the same thing as (real) magic. That making it makes our innermost desires manifest; that it awakens and is a medium for and a balm to the unconscious and, with hope, other people’s. Ah, it’s not all dark and gloomy; there’s some humour on there. I tried really hard to make the guitars on this album sound as beautiful as possible, even when that’s in a scuzzy way. I invested in a lot of early ‘80s analogue (yes – with an UE) guitar pedals. Probably the Amdek Delay Machine is responsible for a lot of what defines the sound of this album. It also features the contrabassoon. I was so happy with what Ben’s done on this album I could’ve kissed him.

There’s something else that I have to say: before the writing of this album, there was a suicide of someone close, and this is unavoidably the subject of some songs and perhaps the undercurrent of the whole album. There’s nothing darker than that; it’s the saddest possible story. The album is dedicated to her memory.

credits

released May 1, 2018

Ian R Brzozowski - songs/ lyrics/vocals/ guitar/ bass/Casio/ artwork
Benjamin Hooper - vocals/ drums/ bass/ production & mastering/ artwork
Jane Ritchie - vocals
Iona Garvie - Contrabassoon

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Our third album, DARK OFFICES, is OUT NOW, people.

Review of LP, Tropisms:'An album which is best heard,
both in full and with plenty of time on completion, to reconfigure the brain prior to
undertaking anything requiring concentration'

A fourth album called Tales from the Holocene will gradually emerge. ... more

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