Blog: Raven Sings The Blues

Still walking the folk road away from Tower Recordings, Angell follows nicely on his Digitalis album with more root twisted tales of spiritual redemption. More than ever, his honeyed voice is pulled to the forefront, with past noises dissolving almost exclusively into finely crafted psych-folk here with the help of Matt Valentine, P.G. Six, Tom Greenwood and Samara Lubelski. These players are familiar (to Theo at least) but nonetheless expert company, building a sparse stage for Angell's vocal incantations. The album's title refers to a ceremony of extinguishing light and while this album isn't exactly dour, fittingly enough it languishes [...]

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