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#49 | BEN WATT | Storm Damage
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According to Mark J. Marraccini: “On the intricately layered and revelatory Storm Damage, Watt seeks to broaden beyond the guitar-led musical palette of his previous solo efforts by mixing a “future-retro trio" of upright piano, double bass and hybrid acoustic-electronic drums with digital bits of manipulated “found sounds” he sourced from public-domain recording archives online. Lyrically, on the album he mines internal queries about mental health (“Summer Ghosts”), family ties (“Hand”), long-term relationships (“You’ve Changed, I’ve Changed”), and existential questions about life and purpose brought on by global political upheaval (“Figures In The Landscape”).”
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