Meadownoise - Threeve

Today, yk Records released the third album from Meadownoise in collaboration with Pet's Musical Park. Threeve is unlike anything I've put out on yk Records previously and probably unlike anything that I will put out in the future. I've been listening to Meadownoise since 2013 and the debut album It's 4:00. I stayed transfixed over the course of the next year with the release of Dark Digest. It's been six years since then and expressing the growth and change to the music is extremely difficult to express.

The songs of Threeve can be challenging. Some might call them weird. I don't think that's inappropriate but I do think it'd be selling it short. Matt Glassmeyer, the man behind the name, has a long history with jazz, progressive pop (he was a member of Lambchop) and ambient outfits. He blends all those experiences together beautifully through the course of these eleven tracks.

"Cliff House Kids" is probably the most immediately accessible, a melancholy song in a straightforward pop format. "The Wired Remote" is an expansive sprawl cut with transmissions, struggling to be heard. There's something heartbreaking about it to my ears. "Feral Fruits" is a combination of whooshing swirls and ominous beats combined with the rantings of a poetic madman.

Every song is intriguing in its own unique way. For me, personally, it is reminiscent of The Books and Charles Spearin, two artists that continuously challenged me with their creations.

I hope you'll give it a listen, preferably start to finish / top to bottom. I fully admit it has its avant-garde qualities but I'd shudder to think that's a bad thing.