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- Summary: The latest solo album for Labradford's Mark Nelson.
- Record Label: Kranky
- Genre(s): Electronic, Experimental
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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No matter what tweak to the overall aesthetic Nelson may make, Pan-American’s music is as interesting as ever, precisely because there is no end in sight.
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For all the criticisms Nelson may endure for not branching out or over relying on minimalism, White Bird Release does provide a certain thrill.
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White Bird Release is a solid, completely contained work.
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Just as the song titles have little meaning if they’re not read back to back, so does the music only fully cohere upon listening to the record as a continuous, flowing piece. But the dream doesn’t seem to lift us above the ground; something about Nelson’s chaste guitar timbres and middling drones keeps us from arriving there.
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White Bird Release, while not as conceptual as For Waiting, For Chasing, almost by default flows as a sort of suite, with each track named after a fragment of this quotation.
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UncutIt may be no great leap forward, but on this showing Nelson can still produce graceful electronica with a rare poise and reserve. [Mar 2009, p.95]