Geist

by Shannon Lay

Geist cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 October 2021
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:09
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Focusing on sparse acoustic arrangements and delicate multi-track vocal stacking, 'Geist' cultivates a deeply meditative, spiritual sonic space. The tracking relies on gentle guitar fingerpicking styles and minimal ambient accents to underscore narratives of personal transformation and quiet resilience. It showcases an exquisite mastery of modern indie folk songwriting mechanics and hushed melodic delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk

Tracklist

  1. Rare to Wake (4:38)
  2. A Thread to Find (3:48)
  3. Sure (4:20)
  4. Shores (3:34)
  5. Awaken and Allow (3:00)
  6. Geist (3:30)
  7. Untitled (4:39)
  8. Late Night (4:12)
  9. Time's Arrow (3:30)
  10. July (2:55)

Credits

  • Shannon Lay - primary artist, guitar, vocals, songwriter
  • Devin Hoff - double bass [stand up bass]
  • Ty Segall - electric guitar [ripping electric guitar solo], soloist [ripping electric guitar solo]
  • Aaron Otheim - keyboards
  • Ben Boye - keyboards, other [dimension revealer], autoharp, synthesizer
  • Sofia Arreguin - keyboards
  • Matthew Barnhart - lacquer cut by
  • Syd Barrett - written-by

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