Aquarelle - Sung in Broken Symmetry LP (Students of Decay) U.S. $10
Aquarelle - Sung in Broken Symmetry LP (Students of Decay) U.S. $10
Using a palette of electric and acoustic guitars, vintage and boutique effects pedals and various percussion sources, Potts crafts highly detailed, slowly evolving soundscapes which beg for repeat listens so that one might get inside their myriad layers. "With Verticals" opens the record, blooming suddenly into a startlingly propulsive edifice replete with crackling, distorted guitar sounds married to quasi-Reichian percussion. Later, "Origin" sizzles and hisses its way into a staggeringly detailed drone opus before opening up into a veritable vista of acoustic guitar, cymbal and cello histrionics. A cohesive and fully immersive collection, "Sung in Broken Symmetry" is an assured statement from a young musician who is equally comfortable navigating frailty and violence.