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review by Dene Bebbington This has been my year for receiving short length CDs, Brittle Soft is about the fourth I've received which contains less than thirty minutes of music, and along with some of the others this is an example of small being beautiful. In contrast to Kerry's other recent releases this one also features Tyler Boley on guitars, these sometimes add a harshness to the music but one that works well to provide the brittle element to contrast against the softer sounds from Kerry's synths and piano. The CD is made up of three tracks which vary considerably in length between four and fourteen minutes. Opening up is the title track "Brittle Soft" (also the longest), it's on here that Tyler's electric guitar comes to the fore in a blistering manner for about the first and last five minutes, sandwiched in the middle of the track are sedate piano notes, ghostly voice like wisps of sound, and a repeating mournful refrain. In the aptly titled (and short) second track "A Pause" the pace drops down slightly for a subdued but harsh slowly changing line that plays out while quiet synth refrains are heard around it. The album then closes with "Curtain of Grey" which features piano and synths building up in intensity before finally coming down quickly from the apex. Apparently it's a more melodic outtake of the piece "Circle of Grey" from The Listening Room. As with Kerry's other albums I can certainly recommend Brittle Soft, it may sound desolate in places but it's one of those albums that are hard to ignore. |
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