- Summary: Heavily influenced by neoclassical icons like Erik Satie and Philip Glass, the experimental musician Eluvium (aka Matthew Cooper) is set to release Similes. It's an eight-song album featuring three key musical elements: percussion, a verse-chorus song structure, and singing.
- Record Label: Temporary Residence
- Genre(s): Electronic, Ambient
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What ultimately makes Similes so wonderful is that with every listen it seems to peel away the world around you, immersing you in its warmth, and for 43 minutes, it makes it so hard to believe that everything that might be wrong in your life actually matters at all.
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90never has he put together something as perfectly formed and structured as this. It's a journey from the inside out; it slowly unravels its form until the pieces are mere threads, floating in the breeze.
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His mid-year gamble may not have paid off fully, but his textured worlds remain fruitful. [Winter 2010, p.68]
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