{"product_id":"the-heavy-steps-of-dreaming-coloured-vinyl-lp","title":"The Heavy Steps Of Dreaming: Coloured Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"‘The Heavy Steps Of Dreaming’ is the debut album from Vancouverbased\nMinor Pieces, a new songwriting partnership comprising\nacclaimed singer \/ composer Ian William Craig and newcomer Missy\nDonaldson, a singer and multi-instrumentalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e Retaining some of the textural play and experimentation of Ian’s solo\nmaterial whilst channelling it squarely within the domain of tangible\nsongwriting, the pair utilise guitar, modified tape decks, bass and\nsynths to fashion deeply-felt songs with their beautifully matched\nmale \/ female vocals standing resolutely centre-stage.\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e Taking influence and inspiration from the likes of Low, Grouper,\nMazzy Star, Portishead, My Bloody Valentine, Talk Talk and Cat\nPower, ‘The Heavy Steps Of Dreaming’ sounds at once familiar whilst\nforging something new, unique and beyond the sum of its influences.\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e Over the course of its 8 tracks - from the opening bars of ‘Rothko’ to\nthe resonant closing lines of ‘Shipbreaking’ - the duo move fluidly\nbetween voices, shift from moments of overwhelming power to\nperfect points of stillness; from acoustic balladry pared down to the\nsparsest of means to thick, tumbling swells of tape and electronics or\nbillowing synth trails. At both album and song level, it’s a work of\ncontrasts and combinations; of broad, bold dynamics.\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e Masterfully crafted, the lyrics are rendered with an almost painterly\napproach and reveal a palpable joy in the richness of language and\nits capacity to conjure resonances, to hold moments close and to\npatch together meaning from life’s scattered detritus.\u003c\/ul\u003e\n What’s forged is a kind of Alt. Americana filtered through a\nprogressive modern lens and the tactile, heavily processed tactics of\nIan’s solo practice - an approach that links to the corrosive aesthetics\nof electronic artists like Fennesz, William Basinski or The Caretaker.\n\n\u003cul\u003e “Puts ambient music, dream pop, and operatic vocals in a blender,\nand comes out with something that’s very unique” - Brooklyn Vegan\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e “An atmosphere that flits between the overtly beautiful and the\nfrankly eerie” - Clash Magazine\"\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49978695287026,"sku":"FATLP155LTD","price":5.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/SharedImage-94506.jpg?v=1787663563","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/the-heavy-steps-of-dreaming-coloured-vinyl-lp","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}