High Aura'd - No River Long Enough Doesn’t Contain a Bend (2017)

The latest from John Kolodij’s High Aura’d is a moody and masterful instrumental journey, taking the listener into a variety of zones — some soothingly meditative, others ominous and dark. There are atmospheric acoustic and electric rambles that bump against blindingly beautiful walls of sound, sinister Lynch-ian soundscapes that slip into billowing clouds of feedback. It’s a testament to Kolodij’s overall vision that No River Long Enough Doesn’t Contain a Bend all fits together perfectly, like a skilled filmmaker juxtaposing disparate images and coming up with a singular whole. For a final shot, he brings Angel Olsen on board for the sublime “Red Rocks,” with the singer sounding as haunting as Marble Index-era Nico over an icy ambient landscape. Transmissions from across the frozen borderline …

Tracklist:
01. High Aura'd - Burnt Hills
02. High Aura'd - Black Grasshopper
03. High Aura'd - Turned Corners
04. High Aura'd - All the Spirits that Dance
05. High Aura'd - Remain in Light
06. High Aura'd - Hodge's Lament
07. High Aura'd - Red West
08. High Aura'd - Iridescent Grasshopper
09. High Aura'd - Spivey Point
10. High Aura'd & Angel Olsen - Red Rocks