2xLP on clear coke bottle vinyl in heavy duty tip-on gatefold. Limited to 1000. Comes with fold-out poster of cover and inner gatefold images.
Dreamy, ethereal, other-worldly – all could be used to describe Keep the Ocean Inside, Pittsburgher Maureen “Maux” Boyle’s engaging sophomore outing as The Seven Fields of Aphelion and her first since 2010’s Periphery. A San Diego musician I once interviewed called composer Harry Partch’s work a kind of Martian folk music; Boyle’s signature brand of ambient-classical also fits the bill. It’s enveloping and intoxicating stuff.
A1 | Divining (Naming of the Lost) | 4:51 |
A2 | Horizon Obscure | 2:00 |
A3 | The Crossing | 2:24 |
A4 | Drift (Losing Light) | 2:38 |
B1 | Triptych/Going Under/The Blur/The Way Beyond | 9:19 |
B2 | Radiant Parallax | 3:18 |
C1 | Wake (Flotsam, Jetsam) | 4:50 |
C2 | Breaker (Impossible Color) | 2:33 |
C3 | The Ocean Inside | 4:41 |
D1 | Sirens, Cerulean Swell | 6:11 |
D2 | True North | 3:18 |
D3 | High Water Mark (To Wash Away) | 4:14 |