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- Summary: The second full-length release for the California composer/multi-instrumentalist was recorded in part in an empty two million gallon underground water tank.
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- Record Label: The Leaf Label
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Jul 14, 2016Jherek Bischoff does not mess around. It’s amazing to see an artist make such pure, uncompromising music.
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Jul 22, 2016Whilst an extraordinary album from start to finish--there are moments that really stand out.
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UncutAug 5, 2016It's a sumptuous set-piece, nine tracks of oceanic expansiveness that shift in dynamics and mood. [Sep 2016, p.69]
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Jul 28, 2016An orchestral score for a remembered expanse, it casts vivid shadows but avoids rigid form.
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Jul 14, 2016Cistern doesn't play out like a sequel [to Composed], but fans of that album may well find themselves still drawn to the musician's particular spark.
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Jul 25, 2016Like its older sibling, the songs on Cistern exist independently of each other. The nine tracks feel connected only by the fact that they share the same space on record, more like a collection of long takes rather than a movie.
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Jul 14, 2016The echo-laden drums of The Wolf threaten to pummel any briefly escaping melody. Elsewhere, Cistern can be more traditional sounding than its experimental beginnings suggest.