Obsidian
After an illness, Will Wiesenfeld channeled his pent-up frustrations and desires-- for escape, for artistic growth, for transformation, for death, for self-actualization-- into Obsidian, a significantly darker record than Cerulean.
After an illness, Will Wiesenfeld channeled his pent-up frustrations and desires-- for escape, for artistic growth, for transformation, for death, for self-actualization-- into Obsidian, a significantly darker record than Cerulean.
Baths returns with a more accessible but thoroughly downbeat second offering which he calls his "weird version of a pop record".
Baths returns with a more accessible but thoroughly downbeat second offering which he calls his "weird version of a pop record".
In contrast to the lo-fi, spider-webbed textures of 2010's Cerulean, Obsidian is constructed from solid blocks of stuttering, precision-tooled beats, intricate piano refrains, found sounds, and the layered, choral falsetto of Will Wiesenfeld. Inspired in part by a life-threatening bout with E-Coli, and research into subjects such as the Black Plague and Dante's Inferno, it's a darker-hued collection.
In contrast to the lo-fi, spider-webbed textures of 2010's Cerulean, Obsidian is constructed from solid blocks of stuttering, precision-tooled beats, intricate piano refrains, found sounds, and the layered, choral falsetto of Will Wiesenfeld. Inspired in part by a life-threatening bout with E-Coli, and research into subjects such as the Black Plague and Dante's Inferno, it's a darker-hued collection.
Clash reviews 'Obsidian', the latest album from Los Angeles-based producer Baths, aka Will Wiesenfeld
Clash reviews 'Obsidian', the latest album from Los Angeles-based producer Baths, aka Will Wiesenfeld