Composer and harpist Mary Lattimore says her new album makes her think “of wilted flowers in vases, of melted candles, of growing old […] to not realize how fleeting experiences are until they no longer happen.” These words reflect the evanescence of his music, made of harp tracks with sounds modified in the studio, superimposed, sometimes placed on the accordion of his collaborator Walt McClements, the voice of Rachel Goswell (from Slowdive, on the patient Yesterday’s Parties in conclusion) or the synth of Lol Tolhurst from The Cure, on the magnificent and solemn Arrivederci. Minimalist, Lattimore’s compositions are built on long and comfortable harmonic progressions from which melodies emerge… which disappear after five, six, seven minutes. Compositions without real introductions or conclusions, suspended in the passage of time. This soothing album has filled our silences for two months already without us getting tired of it; it was time that the public could also savor it.
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