Hope is a Candle

Experimental · 2021 · 13 tracks · 30m

Hope is a Candle

His Name Is Alive

A haunting collection of dusty tape loops, skeletal acoustic folk, and spectral vocals that sound like a beautiful, half-forgotten dream captured on a four-track recorder.

February 12, 2021 · Disciples

A fragile, ghostly quietness that feels like a half-remembered dream fading into tape hiss.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 30m

01

Princess

2:16

02

Either

2:05

03

Coldless

3:30

04

Liadin 02:55 video

05

Disappear

1:56

06

Never

1:37

07

Pass

1:32

08

Nearby

2:59

09

Salendro

3:07

10

Porter

2:30

11

Still

2:21

12

Halo

3:40

13

Insiders

3:15

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the acoustic guitar on Coldless seems to emerge directly out of a thick wall of tape hiss, sounding like a transmission from another decade.

The haunting, layered vocal harmonies on Liadin that drift over a sparse, skeletal arrangement like ghosts in an empty room.

The abrupt, beautiful transition into silence at the end of Disappear, leaving only the faint hum of an empty tape machine.

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