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Hush Arbors : Under bent limb trees (US,2005)**°°
Hush Arbers is the project by guitarist / singer / experimenter Keith Wood. “Hush” is a real accurate property of the album. The whole creative process is done as if from a transformed energy of a laid down vision and almost depressed energy, with a look at the world from a far distance almost in a sociophobic way, soft, introverted and somewhat feminine in character. It starts with a waking up while hearing a sweet noise and some wind in the recording on “Spirits over mt.blanca”. Then it is followed by various over-quiet subtle songs and instrumentals by banjo, guitar and hush vocals. Various songs like “Wherethe..” or “may all”, all quiet songs, have other additional textured instruments or noises added to the acoustic guitar. None of the songs reveal themselves easily, speaking like a whisper to me, from a slightly smoky shadowy sphere, with guitar and banjo as beautiful instruments. Last and longest track “Kudzu covered maples” is back into nature on a cold deserted area with rocks, with drones as if from natural sounds, at first nice, but a bit monotonous for its length, and with increasing nasal drones near the end.
Radioshow remarks :
"I had to listen a few times because it’s very far laid back music, but it has its own specific beauty. I’m still not sure how much it works from the beginning to end, because it still comes over as a bit depressing as well."
Few facts : Keith Wood lives in Asheville, North Carolina. This is his fourth release (it's his 3rd full length album). He also plays in The Golden Oaks (with Brad) and was in the massive psych group, family lsd. Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance is one of his biggest fans.
