The Furniture - The Furniture (2022) [Hi-Res]

The Furniture, the self-titled album from Baltimore musicians Michael Kuhl and Matthew Pierce, is a meditative trip through amorphous drones, rolling drums and haunting atmospheres recorded during a single live performance. The duo subconsciously weave years of mutual understanding into the free form eight tracks that make up the album.

The pair point to 1970’s German experimental music such as Cluster, and the pioneering minimalist composer Moondog as touchstones; those kosmiche influences do show themselves on The Furniture – be it during Kontrail’s synthesized ebb and flow, or Set to Quiver’s shuffling drums that gradually bring themselves to the forefront, amidst a myriad of other percussive shakers and flutters. That these compositions manage to hold such a strong overall identity while traversing so much sonic ground is testament to the pair’s combined sense of creative adventure and trust in one another.

1.01 - The Furniture - Gumdrop (5:55)
1.02 - The Furniture - Thrum (3:58)
1.03 - The Furniture - The Sloth (4:50)
1.04 - The Furniture - Down Parasite (4:06)
1.05 - The Furniture - Set To Quiver (4:22)
1.06 - The Furniture - Kontrail (4:54)
1.07 - The Furniture - Lustre (3:12)
1.08 - The Furniture - Strom (5:21)