posted December 4, 2020 #
Happy to announce that
Coupler dropped a brand new EP today exclusive for Bandcamp Friday.
The Forgotten Openness of the Closed World is the second in a triptych of releases exploring new and different styles. Where the previous EP,
The Rhythm Method was a trio of "strictly bangers," this new release aims inwardly. To put it succinctly, it's an ambient release but like all of Coupler's music, it doesn't just hide in the background.
It's fair to call it a "quarantine record." While that's an obvious label for
any music made in 2020, this record was created explicitly to reflect
on on the quarantine and the benefit it may contain for self-reflection. The quote below, from Coupler creator Ryan Norris, is wonderfully insightful:
Time, it seems, is a word used to describe a spectrum of phenomena both elliptical and linear: the rotations and orbits of planets, the passing of seasons, tidal cycles, the expansion of the universe, the finite durations of our own lives and those around us. Perhaps the concept of time is frequently misapplied and our perceptions suffer as a result. Our minds and senses are filters through which we separate signal from noise. Can these filters be trusted?
In this age of quarantine it is inevitable that we each find our ways into our own inner worlds, either by happenstance or intention. Time has become both like a static cube and a flowing river. Lack of novelty robs us of the signposts of memory. Seasons pass, but nothing happens. We are trapped in an infinite present where movement and stasis blur. The outer world is shut off to us, that particular band of experience narrowed. But the inner world, The Closed World, is still available, lest we forget. The door is ajar, it beckons. We must open it, and breathe that sweet air again, at last.
This music is an attempt to both reconnect with that inner world, The Closed World, and to create something that points beyond it.
Get the record
on Bandcamp and pre-save it on
streaming services when it releases wide next Friday. But just get it into your life, it's a wonderful aid to these quiet times.
