Wednesday Knudsen – “Fair Aegis”

Local favorite Wednesday Knudsen (Pigeons, Weeping Bong Band) has long been a indispensable collaborator; from duos with Willie Lane and Kryssi Battalene, to contributions to Stella Kola, ML Wah, Sunburned and more. Though, five albums in, her solo work is quickly catching up to her ensemble work. The latest album finds Wednesday on Spinster, following a solid run at Feeding Tube. Where Soft Focus brought two volumes together over the course of a couple of years, Atrium does the double disc treatment from the start. The album opener “Fair Aegis” sets the tone, a piece that’s more sculptural than ever before. While the opening strains might immediately get the ambient tags snagged and ready, the track proves far more fluid than any genre signifiers. As the piece builds, it turns drone into the primer for the painting, adding brushstrokes of sax and synth that play at the speakers like light through the trees in her upstate NY surroundings. The piece raises from the canvas to the canopy, echoing out over the mountains in a stunning reflection of the jagged landscape. Alone, but not sparse, Knudsen peppers the new album with lto saxophone, flute, guitar, synth, piano, autoharp, bass guitar, and vocals. Atrium, is out October 24th from Spinster co-released with Feeding Tube.

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