02/12/2021
Happy release day to Gnome Life founder Fletcher Tucker! His new LP, "Unlit Trail", was released by Berlin's ADAGIO830 Records, but we have a handful for sale on our site, follow the link below to pick one up. Here's some story about the record...
Recorded over the course of three Autumn nights on the west coast of Sweden at the end of a tour in 2018, Fletcher Tucker’s "Unlit Trail" is a record of ritual, and an invitation to enter a ritual domain.
Composed in the wake of Tucker’s intricately arranged LP "Cold Spring", "Unlit Trail" decomposes and subsumes several songs and sonic elements from that previous work – offering them resurrection in a minimalistic and Plutonian habitat. An uncanny territory populated by trembling leaves, breathing organs, and the animate hooting, scraping, and buzzing of archaic flutes, tuned bowls, and droning strings.
“Unlit Trail” is a single, continuous, long-form piece, containing seven movements split over two record sides. Crafted initially for solo, multi-instrumental live performances, an atmosphere of intimacy and immediacy permeates these woodland cabin recordings. The album opens with the sound of branches burning in the hearth, and Tucker warming his hands to play. Rattling leaves signal the beginning of an earthen ceremony. Sustained organ notes unfurl, swell, and drift through the room – carrying us into a liminal state, beyond ordinary awareness, and onto the unlit trail.
Released by Berlin’s ADAGIO830 on February 12th, 2021. We only have a handful to sell here. If you live in Europe or the UK we suggest purchasing the LP directly from the label here to save on shipping. Please visit our Bandcamp to purchase a digital download.
