As someone who admits to being drawn to chaos, or at least the idea of creative chaos, his latest album, Pieces From a Forgotten Time, is the sound of Josh McCausland exploring gentle sonic juxtaposition, the attraction of musical opposites, and the beauty found amid discord. However, these contrasts are more conflicting creative ripples than the clashing sonic tsunamis that such a description might suggest. And “Lurking Within,” the lead single, tells you everything that you need to know about what the album holds.
Deftly and delicately skirting the fringes of electronic music, ambient soundscaping, and neo-classical creations, “Lurking Within” is an ever-evolving instrumental soundscape that ebbs and flows between bubbling beats and quiet, drifting musical feelings between understated lulls and more driven energies.
Pianos chime, synths wash through, and the graceful and elegant are joined by the slightly, but purposefully, off-kilter and the gently experimental. It is a sound that draws lines between music and art, between filmic scores and meditative music, and between classical traditions and forward-thinking adventure. And, as a taste of the album to come, it is the perfect tantalizing glimpse of something special on the horizon.
Such songs, taken in isolation, are great to hear, but they only make perfect sense and are truly experienced in their correct context when listened to as part of the complete album of music. You know what to do.
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