castanets [sway]

castanet's cathedral may be one of this decades' best albums i have decided. it wasn't obvious to me right from the start but it is hard to imagine how it could be improved on. in short, castanet's new album 'in the vines' doesn't improve on cathedral. but it is still a pretty stunning album although i admit to have been thrown off a little by the bonnie 'prince' billy-esque folkiness of some of the tracks. it's not as these elements have been present in castanet's work before but normally they are more deeply hidden in the sonic gloom (whatever the hell that is) that characterizes the previous castanet's albums. but once you have adjusted your expectations it is still a pretty characteristic castanet's album.

above, sway, here, this is the early game