Boa Morte - Before There Was Air [LP]

Cat. no: GDNLP035
Format: LP
Barcode: 5060486620715
Release Date: 16 Feb 2024
Genre: Folk

In 2019 Cork alt-folk band Boa Morte returned from a 10 year hiatus torelease this quiet gem of an album on Gare du Nord Records

The band fuse elements of folk, electronica, ambience and feld recordings - synths, drones, piano, wind, strings and effects combine to produce a richautumnal cocktail with hints of Smog, Will Oldham, late Talk Talk or a slowcoreBeta Band.

"There are haunting moments to this album that one doesn't often fnd." - ForFolks Sake 2019

"This is a luxurious listen, crammed with hushed hymns and magnetic slowburners." - Hot Press 2019.

"As if Brian Eno's' Apollo' had been recorded by Robert Wyatt & James Yorkston." - Rock and Reel 2019

LP Tracks: A Sound / Sleep / Before The Landslide / Ships Passing / The Garden / No Piano / Stones / Stone by Stone / Deep Is / Deeper / Sea Creatures / Cans / Landslide