SMALL CRAFT ON A MILK SEA

Brian Eno released a new album in 2010 after a 5-year hiatus. Maybe revived by his successful recent producer collaboration with U2 and Coldplay, he delivers the quality above his 90's and early 2000 standards. The album is focused, quite varied but uniformly prefers ambiance to melody and songwriting unlike the predecessor from 2005. Eno takes various instruments to produce a relatively warm sound, from piano (electric) to synths, effects and programmed sounds. The album does not sound monotonous also thanks to the two collaborators on the guitar and keyboards. In addition, some tracks are dynamic with modernized 2000 beats. The first song is a great reflective return to the 1976-77 era of synths/piano and actually has a strong atmosphere feeling despite having no melody. If you liked it, there is a similar one titled "Emerand and stone"! The next couple of track are a curve towards sonic explorations, unfortunately not something you would return to listen to. While it is one of the better Eno's albums, it does not excel either especially for those who want to take it as a foreground music.