Few Traces

by Mark Renner

Few Traces cover art

A sweeping retrospective spanning 1982 to 1990, this compilation documents the pastoral, highly idiosyncratic post-punk and minimal wave of the Baltimore-based visual artist. Utilizing cheap drum machines, acoustic guitars, and icy synthesizer leads, the tracks balance the gothic chill of early 4AD records with a distinct, folky warmth. The archival release reintroduced his solitary, deeply atmospheric catalog to a contemporary audience.

Genres

  • New Wave
  • Pop
  • Ambient

Tracklist

  1. Riverside
  2. Saints and Sages
  3. Few Traces
  4. Half a Heart
  5. Princes Street
  6. The Mirror at Saint Andrews
  7. The Wild House
  8. The Dyer's Hand
  9. A Fountain in the Cloister
  10. James Cowie (The Portrait Group)
  11. Autumn Calls You by Name
  12. Ageless
  13. Jars of Clay
  14. More or Less
  15. The Eternal Purpose
  16. The Sun in His Head, a Storm in His Hand
  17. The Man & the Echo
  18. As Big as Trees
  19. Yeats, and the Golden Dawn
  20. It Might Have Been
  21. Wounds