Similes (album)

Similes is the fifth album from Portland, Oregon ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name Eluvium. The album features Cooper's first vocal performances and percussion, and is the first album to have a verse-chorus form in some of its tracks. The front cover is an artwork created by his wife, Jeannie Paske,[3] who painted artworks for most of his other albums.

Similes
Studio album by
Eluvium
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2010
GenreAmbient
Length42:35
LabelTemporary Residence Limited
Eluvium chronology
Copia
(2007)		 Similes
(2010)		 Leaves Eclipse the Light
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media6.9/10[2]

Tour

Eluvium toured across North America in the end of April and throughout May 2010, for the first time performing as a trio - featuring Eric Masey (who joined him on the Travels in Constants disc) and Charles Buckingham (with whom Eluvium made the Concert Silence project), "both on keyboard duties as well as samples and live manipulation".[4] At the tour Eluvium performed 5 tracks from Similes (only those which feature vocals) and 4 tracks from his previous albums.

Track listing
  1. "Leaves Eclipse the Light" – 5:42
  2. "The Motion Makes Me Last" – 5:24
  3. "In Culmination" – 2:54
  4. "Weird Creatures" – 4:31
  5. "Nightmare 5" – 3:26
  6. "Making Up Minds" – 6:28
  7. "Bending Dream" – 2:40
  8. "Cease to Know" – 11:16

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Pitchfork Media review
  3. Jeannie L Paske's Obsolete World
  4. Eluvium's official website



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.