On the album cover, the telegraph pole and wires set against a blue sky is like a cleaner, technicolor version of the image used on Godspeed You! Black Emperor's F#a#infinity.
Musically, we're broadly in the same territory but, in the work of this Pittsburgh based solo musician, the instrumental sound is paired down to minimalist basics with no apocalyptic crescendos or political implications.
In fact, so little happens in the extended synthesized ambient drones that it's even tempting to think in terms of derogatively renaming the album: The Song Never Changes.
Like Stars Of The Lid, however, the appeal lies in the subtly changing tones that will either draw you in or leave you cold.
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This is music for drifting to or helping establish a mood for a romantic encounter, a possible use suggested by the titles : Sleeping Next To You and A Moment To Look At You (The former lasts around 9 minutes while the latter is there and gone in just 21 seconds).
Whatever your situation, if you're prepared to go with its sonic flow, you can bathe in the calmness that unfolds.
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