500mg "To The Firmament"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Psychedelic
Label: Drawing Room Records
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: July 31, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Suite 1 - 1) Active Principles (2:36)
2. Suite 1 - 2) Seven Eyes (2:25)
3. Suite 1 - 3) Red Eyed Howler (8:32)
4. Suite 1 - 4) The Smoke Inside Of Me (D.U.) (4:19)
5. Suite 1 - 5) Ashes (2:17)
6. Suite 2 - 1) Qumram (2:04)
7. Suite 2 - 2) Hidden In The Day (1:51)
8. Suite 2 - 3) Kesuabo (4:43)
9. Suite 2 - 4) Sister Morphine (8:27)
10. Suite 2 - 5) Trying To Get There (2:41)

Total time 39:55

Line-up: 
Michael Gibbons

Description/Reviews: 

"To The Firmament” is the third and finest album released from 500mg, Michael Gibbons of Bardo Pond. Unlike his previous and primarily acoustic guitar affairs, Mr. Gibbon’s latest album showcases a higher level of experimentation and varied sounds and techniques. Samples of viola, cello, trumpets, and other various sound forms are incorporated in the well-established 500mg guitar-based framework. Voices (and not just the ones in your psyche) can also be heard, even prominently on two tracks, one being Mr. Gibbon’s take on the Stones’ “Sister Morphine.”
Programmed and sequenced as two suites, “To The Firmament” takes the listener on a cinematically dreamlike stated journey. Through the album’s use of spoken-word, sub-conscious visions may appear real upon multiple listens. All of this, of course, is quite heavy.

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