PILLAR'S DUST

It's been a long time since I've descended this low on our dear planet, I think it's even the first time! ADELAIDE is the large metropolis of southern AUSTRALIA, slightly northwest of TASMANIA and its wolf (or tiger or devil...).

"Pillar's Dust" is the combo's second record after "Liminal" in 2022, which has completely passed under my auditory radar. THE SLOW LIGHT presents itself as the musical vehicle of Jack BOLINGBROKE accompanied by various musicians who have already played together in different indigenous and little-known groups, or even at all... The major influence of the group is undeniably PORCUPINE TREE first era (the only one that me suitable) until "Fear of a Blank Planet", mainly for the guitar, BOLINGBROKE had to give himself WILSON infusions!

Two ultra short titles (1 and 7), a single long one "My Regret" and the other seven with a duration between 4:02 and 6:43, here is the menu. The pieces that particularly caught my attention, the devilish Wilsonian "Paradigm" (guitar, synthesizer, voice), then "Throw My Life Into a Fog" with the piano of Nathan CHURCHES and the mellotron of guest James Robert IVANYL, the superb and the word is weak "Silhouette" which we can listen to on loop without weariness, "My Regret" as written above the only long title of the album, just as beautiful as the previously mentioned, with keyboards at the top (piano, synthesizer, mellotron) the complete range is there, a candy cane to be savored slowly.

On the other hand, I moderately appreciated "Encased" calm and even too lymphatic (this remains subjective of course) and "Burning Omen" which is part of the same movement with the very present fretless bass of Morris EWINGS and a six-string who knits and which I had some difficulty appreciating and finally "Pillar's Dust" the eponymous piece too basic for my taste.

Conclusion, a significant gap between the two essential pearls and the three average tracks mentioned, a good record but not an excellent record. Nice discovery nonetheless. Originally published on profilprog.com