Crystal Hell Pool
One of the joys of this shop is getting to discover all the great local music coming out these days. Yesterday we got a CDR by Crystal Hell Pool. The b&w cover photo shows a snowy scene on a mountain side where the few trees disappear into mist - not unlikely taken somewhere near here. The music inside fits it as the soft waves of sound seem not to have definite edges and merely wash over. It’s soft, gentle and mysterious for most of these 10 untitled tracks. The third track stands out as piano sounds come to the foreground, nonetheless with the same soft focus as the rest of the disc. Here a fragment repeats and overlaps itself delicately. Even this comes across very restrained making the rest of the album sound even more subdued.