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Unclouded Sky
Folk · 2014 · 18 tracks · 45m

Unclouded Sky

Xiu Xiu

Traditional American spirituals stripped to their skeletal core. Fragile vocals and vintage guitar meet field recordings of the Guyana jungle.

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It's like listening to ghost stories told through old church hymns in the middle of a jungle.

A fragile, haunting meditation on faith and mortality that feels both ancient and deeply personal.

Unclouded Sky · vs · Xiu Xiu
Cabin In Woods+4.0σ

Cabin In Woods saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 18 Tracks · 45m
01
(Demerara)
0:11
02
Blood of the Lamb
4:45
03
(Berbice)
0:34
04
I’ll Fly Away
3:22
05
(Kaieteur)
0:17
06
Lonesome Valley
3:56
07
(Essequibo)
0:52
08
Wreck on the Highway
4:27
09
(Rupununi)
0:50
10
Church in the Wildwood
2:54
11
(Cuyuni)
0:45
12
Unclouded Sky
1:57
13
(Kanuku)
3:29
14
All fo’ You
3:12
15
(Guiana)
0:39
16
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
3:52
17
(Pomeroon)
1:08
18
Just as I Am
8:19
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition from the lush Guyana jungle sounds into the stark, dry guitar of Blood of the Lamb.
The way Jamie Stewart's voice nearly breaks during the final eight-minute endurance of Just as I Am.
The unsettling, almost mechanical chirping in (Kanuku) that blurs the line between nature and noise.
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