But do consider supporting artists like this.
Within Thrall is a Name Your Own Price release. It’s too damn short.įor fans of: Of The Wand and The Moon, Sun Kil Moon, Nick Drake and Grouper. I did have one problem with this release. Insert the production quality and we’re brought forth reminders of the purity of loner folk releases of the 60s. Musically, Rapt straddles lines between Neofolk and Americana and dips its fist in the ether of shoegaze. Granted, Rapt is not a project that relies on ether to cover up substance. You know this music is done right when the vocals are so weaved in and out that, at moments they become indescribable with the music and ambient waves. This is a great example of the Rapt’s ability to lay heavenly layers atop the sonic earth. “Wax & Rosewood” is a track that oddly enough is based around a pattern that somewhat resembles that of Black Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan” at least in the main part of the verses. Demi Haynes of the criminally underrated US shoegaze band Seashine and the piano work of Nestor Middleton. Neonormal won the fiercely competitive tender process, and for two consecutive years, we were awarded the Creative Consultancy and Activation Management for the. The EP features the voice (and guitars) of one Ms. Rapt is the project belonging to Jacob Ware. Rare is it that you find this level of purity in any act that dares to darken the lines between neo-folk and shoegaze. Coming to us from the UK is a mysterious act by the name of Rapt and their new EP, Within Thrall.