The Lone Descent

by Of the Wand and the Moon

The Lone Descent cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 September 2011
  • Label: Hei冒runar Myrkrunar
  • Country: Denmark
  • Length: 59:52
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Kim Larsen drastically expanded his solitary dark folk sound by enlisting numerous guest musicians and string players for his fifth studio album. The resulting project weaves cinematic chamber-folk instrumentation into a profoundly melancholic, bittersweet meditation on loss and spiritual descent.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, atmospheric, folk, acoustic, minimal, spirituality, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Sunspot (7:08)
  2. Absence (6:31)
  3. A Pyre of Black Sunflowers (8:35)
  4. Tear It Apart (4:36)
  5. We Are Dust (3:24)
  6. A Tomb of Seasoned Dye (4:52)
  7. Is It Out of Our Hands? (5:49)
  8. Watch the Skyline Catch Fire (2:52)
  9. The Lone Descent (6:50)
  10. Immer Vorw盲rts (2:50)
  11. A Song for Deaf Ears in Empty Cathedrals (6:22)

Credits

  • Of the Wand and the Moon - primary artist
  • Alex Rose - artwork [front, back, middle pages]
  • Esben Tind - cello
  • Soma Allpass - cello
  • John Murphy - drums [additional]
  • Bo Rande - omnichord, trumpet
  • Niels R酶nne - piano
  • Anne Eltard - violin

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