They Are the Shield

by Toby Driver

They Are the Shield cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 September 2018
  • Label: Blood Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:35
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Kayo Dot mastermind steps away from avant-garde metal to deliver a gorgeous, sweeping chamber-pop solo album. Driven by lush orchestral strings, delicate piano, and his soaring clean vocals, the highly melancholic record reflects deeply on memory and ethereal, gothic romanticism. It is a profoundly beautiful, intricately arranged departure showcasing his immense compositional versatility.

Genres

Descriptors: Progressive, Avant Garde, atmospheric, chamber, long-form, strings, ambient, melodic, fragile

Tracklist

  1. Anamnesis Park (10:34)
  2. Glyph (8:41)
  3. 470 Nanometers (5:53)
  4. Scaffold of Digital Snow (6:41)
  5. Smoke Scented Mycelium (7:38)
  6. The Knot (4:07)

Credits

  • Brian Chase - drums
  • Kelly Moran - piano
  • Conrad Harris - violin
  • Pauline Kim - violin
  • Bridget Bellavia - vocals

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