The world is mean, that I somehow hadn't discovered the music of Elysian Fields until 2023.
The world is sweet, that I’ve finally discovered the music of Elysian Fields in 2023.
Philip Graham
This album, while inspired by the fictions of the 18th century Chinese novelist Cáo Xuêqín, also manages to offer a sorrowful grace for that terrifying year of 2020. Themes of fate, separation or sudden loss, death, ghosts, and the abuse of power recur. And what bitter consolation, that lovely final song and its refrain: "Those that see through the world/escape from the world."
Another brilliant record. Philip Graham
The latest from NxQuantize is both moody and cinematic, with burbling layers of synths bubbling up between pulsing beats. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 24, 2023
The magnificent Elysian Fields roughs up its sound in response to the horrific Trump years. And yet there's no lack of dreamy beauty, either, in yet another first-rate album.
Plus, I love it when Oren breaks out the electric 12-string guitar. Philip Graham