{"product_id":"chuck-johnson-the-cinder-grove-lp","title":"Chuck Johnson - The Cinder Grove [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat. no: GBLP106\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 4030433610619\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 12th February 2021\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Electronic, Ambient\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe follow-up to Johnson’s lauded Balsams album, The Cinder Grove delves further into the compositional possibilities of the pedal steel guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis halcyon collection of tracks draws on a wider palette of sounds, adding strings and piano, to dive deeper into the sound bath of Johnson’s meditative music. The Cinder Grove is a profound, affecting statement on the nature of loss and irreplaceability as well as a major addition to the canon of Johnson’s increasingly seminal work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“(Johnson) creates a kind of country post-rock. It feels like a universe unto itself.” -- Pitchfork\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e”Hints of Reichian minimalism, spacey Tangerine Dream kosmische, Eno esque ambience and hypnotic New Age.” -- Uncut\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rise of ambient country...(Johnson’s) a part of a new crop of artists who emphasize abstract expression over linear narrative and conventional structures...a legacy that joins the dots between country and post-rock, experimental music and world-class pedal steel.” -- The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Chuck Johnson is a pedal-steel guitarist who embraces the liquid, oceanic possibilities of his chosen instrument On The Cinder Grove he has a simple, yet profoundly effective modus operandi - setting streams of notes afloat and listening for the way their resonances commingle with strings and piano (the latter played beautifully here by Sarah Davachi).” 9\/10 Uncut \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlays and support from Jazz FM Jez Nelson; Gideon Coe on BBC Radio 6 Music; Morning Glory on Soho Radio (with James Endeacott)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks: Raz-de-Maree \/ Serotiny \/ Constellation \/ Red Branch Bell \/ The Laurel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TAK:TIL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37581952221340,"sku":"GBLP106","price":16.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/ChuckJohnson-TheCinderGrove.jpg?v=1611427582","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/chuck-johnson-the-cinder-grove-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}