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LICHENS - The Psychic Nature Of Being
| TinyMixTapes | | I'm not sure what it is, but when Robert Lowe, referred to as Lichens in the studio, gets humming melancholia and picking/strumming his acoustic guitar over some strained mechanical effect, I am driven by trance to witness the slowly spinning spirit of Jim Morrison with his hands outstretched like an airplane bouncing around a bonfire in slow motion slightly offbeat. ...full text |
| | Splendidezine | | 90 Days Men's Robert Lowe improvised these three long, hypnotically beautiful tracks in a single session, without overdubs, layering altered voices, electronic drones and plucked guitar strings over one another in a continually evolving mesh of atmospheric sounds. Mysterious, repetitive, circling and unfettered by time signatures or keys, these pieces feel monumental and natural, the kind of music that rocks and trees might emit if you could only hear it....full text |
| | DustedMagazine | | Lichens is Robert Lowe, bassist for 90 Day Men and an occasional touring member of TV On The Radio. Nothing in that resume prepares one for the singularity of The Psychic Nature of Being. Lowe has taken two common currencies of the current underground - processed wordless vocals and American Primitive-style, finger-picked guitar. This record is proof that a good idea, well executed, trumps limited means....full text |
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