"go ahead and resurrect what's been dead and gone / your spine is fake and these walls have taken shape..."
"Falling Into Place" by divergent sonic artist's All Eyes, (the duo of Alicia and Joe Christenson), stirs up big sweeping walls of sound and beautiful drama. It has sensual geysers of sound riding on ascending orchestrations like a Bond theme song. In this sense, the song, in all it's glory, is cinematic but it also feels more hallucinogenic, maybe more torn or lustful, maybe more Thom York-ian than Adele. As I get lost in the massive lushness with some kind of indefinable low-fi tones around the edges and what I sense (crazily) as subsonic levels of dissonance, of bending metal I am afraid that I may have mentioned a Bond theme song before when describing All Eyes sound (or maybe I haven't?), maybe their massive sonic hallucinogen is creating a false memory. (Ha) It doesn't really matter, I am smiling. I have written quite often about these two talented people and will undoubtedly do so again (and again).
"Falling Into Place" is from All Eyes' 2021 album "Daystar".
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://alleyesmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/all-eyes/575355371
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6oRc8OfbXAlg85wsbojxWE
Minnesota's frigid reputation dissembles its true nature, which is a place of deep contrast. Bitter cold winters give way to lush, humid summers. A warm, over-polite reaction often means keep your distance. Some who stay here learn to embrace dissimilarity. Such is the case for Alicia & Joe Christenson, who make music as All Eyes. Their sound "restlessly push[es] at the margins, shifting and morphing, defying . . . broad categorization" (Jonathan Garrett, City Pages).
The couple are veterans of the Minneapolis music scene -- Alicia as a singer, songwriter, and keyboardist, and Joe as a producer and guitarist -- and they came together just as Alicia dreamt up All Eyes's first release, Shelf Life. The album explores themes of loss, connection, helplessness, and resolve. The sonics contrast live and programmed drums, jarring guitars and Alicia's haunting, whispery vocals.
The couple explore similar themes and sounds on their second release, Change. Synths, programmed drums, and vocal harmonies feature more prominently, but the songs and production continue to toy with boundaries and expectations. Click the button below to listen to Change, and be sure to subscribe to the newsletter to be among the first to hear new music.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://alleyesmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/all-eyes/575355371
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6oRc8OfbXAlg85wsbojxWE
Minnesota's frigid reputation dissembles its true nature, which is a place of deep contrast. Bitter cold winters give way to lush, humid summers. A warm, over-polite reaction often means keep your distance. Some who stay here learn to embrace dissimilarity. Such is the case for Alicia & Joe Christenson, who make music as All Eyes. Their sound "restlessly push[es] at the margins, shifting and morphing, defying . . . broad categorization" (Jonathan Garrett, City Pages).
The couple are veterans of the Minneapolis music scene -- Alicia as a singer, songwriter, and keyboardist, and Joe as a producer and guitarist -- and they came together just as Alicia dreamt up All Eyes's first release, Shelf Life. The album explores themes of loss, connection, helplessness, and resolve. The sonics contrast live and programmed drums, jarring guitars and Alicia's haunting, whispery vocals.
The couple explore similar themes and sounds on their second release, Change. Synths, programmed drums, and vocal harmonies feature more prominently, but the songs and production continue to toy with boundaries and expectations. Click the button below to listen to Change, and be sure to subscribe to the newsletter to be among the first to hear new music.
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