Bleeding Light

Aarktica

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Bleeding Light Review

by Kenyon Hopkin

There have been a lot of albums dedicated to or about New York City in recent years, but none quite like this one. Following his ambient Pure Tone Audiometry and Or You Could Just..., Aarktica's Jon DeRosa wanders into yet another territory. Although it may not be one that fans of the previous records are used to, it shows his diversity nonetheless. Displaying interest in free jazz and avant-garde, Bleeding Light combines electronics with horns, guitar and sometimes downcast, yet soft vocals. An exception arrives with "A Wash a Sea Goodbye It's Me," which is more or less accessible and warm. Otherwise, gloomy tones are produced by guitar, percussion, trumpet or saxophone, with processed sounds lingering in the gaps. Bleeding Light finishes with the words "everyone of us is lost in our own way," capping what represents a less desirable side of New York, but one that may not be sufficiently acknowledged.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Depression Modern	Aarktica	04:22	Spotify Amazon
2	OJ Gude	Aarktica	04:48	Spotify Amazon
3	Night Fell, Broke Itself	Aarktica	06:13	Spotify Amazon
4	A Shadow Knife (Draws the Bleeding Light)	Aarktica	08:02	Spotify Amazon
5	We're Like Two Drops Separated by a Drowning	Aarktica	04:34	Spotify Amazon
6	A Wash a Sea Goodbye It's Me	Aarktica	04:18	Spotify Amazon
7	Twilight Insecta	Aarktica	05:24	Spotify Amazon
8	Bleeding Light	Aarktica	08:53	Spotify Amazon