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Light Through Open Blinds

by Spheruleus

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    • Mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin
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Floor 03:35
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Overseed 02:50
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Wreathe 04:51
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Deeds 02:09
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Colossian 03:07
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Water Lane 02:33
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Luna 02:21
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Upward Ears 03:14
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Winnowers 03:12
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Intercoastal 02:56

about

‘Light Through Open Blinds’ is the newest full-length from Lincolnshire, UK based artist, Spheruleus (aka Harry Towell). The album was created as a kind of sonic journal, as Towell strived to document the sounds of his house after he and his wife became home owners in September 2016. These experiments have lead to one of the most catchy, personal, and homespun albums of his career.

Towell’s Spheruleus project has explored a wide array of musical moods over the years. A particular favorite of ours was his 2015 release, ‘Peripheres’ for Eilean Records. That album crept into our hearts with its intimate acoustic instrumentation and liberal use of head-nodding micro rhythms, seemingly constructed from every found sound at his disposal including the kitchen sink. When Spheruleus first shared this approach, it came to us with an instant dose of nostalgia, reminiscent of the heyday of electro-acoustic bedroom oddities during the late 90’s/early 2000’s. That time period introduced us to acts and labels like The Remote Viewer, Xela, City Centre Offices, Skyphone, Moteer and many more, which served as huge inspiration in the formation of Lost Tribe Sound.

Upon first hearing, ‘Light Through Open Blinds’ we were astounded by the intricate detail Towell was able to pour into each composition. Towell gave a great deal of thought to every aspect of the album, even the track names draw influence from a particular object, street, room or event from in and around his home and the sounds are all made from house-hold articles, chance happenings, acoustic instruments and vinyl samples. The bulk of the melody was made using instruments as sound sources, with the main two being an old out of tune piano at a local village pub in which he works occasionally and a 30 year old guitar handed down to him by his dad. Though other instrumentation takes center stage from time to time including zither, violin, harmonica, glockenspiel, bugle and bongo drums.

Much of the record sees Towell’s style veer away from electro-acoustic drones in favor of a lo-fi sound similar to that of ‘Peripheres’. Knowing how much we loved ‘Peripheres’ lead to conversations of Towell and LTS working together on the new album. Towell began sending LTS completed versions of each song as he worked, along with his thoughts and processes behind them. Typically, a new song would arrive each month or so as ‘Light Through Open Blinds’ took shape. Towell collected each of these short stories as he went. These writing gave deeper meaning to the rich experience already provided by the audio. These personal accounts will come as a digital document along with the album.

Spheruleus has created something extraordinary, intelligent, and honest with ‘Light Through Open Blinds’. It elevates the work of early contemporaries in the genre. With Towell’s keen sense of melody, space and rhythm, the album fuses elements of lo-fi, downtempo, jazz, electronic and ambient into an unabashed and cohesive whole. It also marks the first time Towell’s music has ever been pressed to vinyl. ‘Light Through Open Blinds’ will be available digitally and as a very limited run of 180gm audiophile vinyl, produced using the lacquer cut method. The vinyl comes housed in a beautifully textured, reverse print sleeve. Each is hand-numbered and limited to only 100 editions, with no repressings or second editions.

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released July 26, 2019

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Originally released on Lost Tribe Sound. See Catalog: losttribesound.bandcamp.com
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YEAR END FAVORITES 2019 - THE STILLNESS AND THE DANCING

FAVORITES OF 2019 - AURAL TETHERS

2019’S BEST ARTWORKS: NICOLA ORLANDINO - SON OF MARKETING

"Towell does a truly admirable job at redefining listeners’ sense of how a sound-bed or environment can be built out of found sounds. It’s downright painterly. That, if nothing else, demands that adventurous listeners go tracking this down. Whether or not it’s an accurate depiction of Towell’s abode is for him and his wife to decide. What I know is that this stuff is far from empty. It’s sparse but teeming with context." - (Justin Vellucci) MUSIC TAP / SWORDFISH BLOG

"Spheruleus weaves a homespun magic here. Splayed-out guitar chords mingle with random sounds and makeshift beats. Acoustic melodies form a loose kind of experimental folk, but there’s some kind of disoriented structure inside the music, too. It gets to where it’s going, but it rarely, if ever, walks a straight line." - (James Catchpole) FLUID RADIO

"A very collage driven album as a whole in the way the components are put together. Short snippets of acoustic guitar, general household sounds, subtle ambience, percussive devices and space and time where the notes and sounds can breathe are integral to the album’s success." - DRIFTING, ALMOST FALLING

8/10 STARS - "I'm not sure what is more amazing, the fact much of this album was created by household objects or that an experimental musician was able to become a homeowner in this day and age. What I know for sure is that this is a considered and careful work, full of beauty and oddity." - NORMAN RECORDS

ALBUM OF THE WEEK - "Light Through Open Blinds" offers a highly lucid projection of electro-acoustic impressionism towards an expanded emotional dimension that shines through in every note, in every frequency, to be savored no longer observing it in a manner aseptic from the outside, but letting yourself be enveloped by its placid embrace." - (translated from Italian) MUSIC WON'T SAVE YOU

"Ognuno di questi capitoli scaturisce da un istante preciso, da un’intenzione esplicata da Towell stesso non soltanto in musica ma anche attraverso brevi annotazioni che raccontano la genesi di queste affascinanti miniature in cui ogni frammento viene accuratamente selezionato ed incastrato per offrirci uno spaccato emotivo vivido e vibrante." - SOWHAT

"Sounds forged through the construction of the house move also serve here as an exemplar of the folktronica genre, keeping the genre alive through a suite of interconnected recordings, delicately presented in a stunning vinyl package you’ll be happy to keep as an object" - (Chris Dooks) IRREGULAR CRATES

"What Towell manages to do is give a depth to the simplicity of everyday life, of the gesture that in itself would have nothing in particular and that instead rises to the surface as a unique and memorable moment" - (Nadir Moreschi) - IMPATTO SONORO
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Written and produced on Leytonstone Lane by Harry Towell
Piano recorded at The White Horse
Mastered for vinyl and digital by James Plotkin
Cover photo by Tom Grimbert
Back cover photo by Alex Brisbey
Layout and design by Ryan Keane
With all my love to Isla, these stories are for you.

© Harry Towell / Lost Tribe Sound LLC
℗ Settled Scores LLC (ASCAP) 2019

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Spheruleus Lincolnshire, UK

Spheruleus is Lincolnshire, UK based artist Harry Towell. His work has been released on labels such as Under The Spire, Hibernate, Home Normal and Time Released Sound. The Spheruleus sound is produced using acoustic instruments, manipulated into timeworn, rustic and melancholy compositions.

He also runs Whitelabrecs and the Audio Gourmet netlabel.

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