by Tom Hall
Many Days End is the latest release from LA-based Australian Tom Hall. The album continues Hall’s exploration of subtle texture and drone-like distortion heard on his previous Sonoptik release ‘Muted Angels’. Like fellow ex-pat Ben Frost, Hall finds beauty in the harsh, fractured distortion of digital processing and combines this with ambient scores generated with lush synthesizers and at times acoustic piano.
This album is both an intimate portrait of Hall’s studio-based music practice while at the same time being a grand statement of sweeping instrumental soundscapes. Richly beautiful throughout its 39 minutes, Many Days End paints a film-noir sensibility that celebrates stillness and craft, offering listeners a truly immersive experience from start to finish.
A quick web search for Tom Hall and Sonoptik Records will lead you to a Vimeo clip for the track ‘Fall Into Dark’ – possibly the best representation of what Many Days End has to offer. The album is officially released through Sonoptik on November 6. If you can’t wait that long I suggest you get online and grab a copy of Tom’s previous album Muted Angels to get you through.
by Owen McKern - PBS Program Manager
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