The Coachlight Woods - Glowworm

Track List:

2. Contrails

Running time: 4 minutes
Released: 2007

An odd singleton now. I have no idea what this is or where it came from. Glowworm is apparently an American post-rock act, which is as much as I can find online. That gives me an idea where this might have originated - a mix tape from a friend - but no conclusive proof. Oh well, into the unknown...

It starts light, oscillating between two notes as the sound builds behind them. I rather like this, it has an airy quality to it - a lot of space in the track. It is simple rather than overwrought (as post-rock can sometimes be). I suspect an entire album of this would get to be too much but in small doses... it surprises me with a vocal, conversational recordings played over the background, which leaves a space for them, rather than a singer. Then it strips back to singular sounds, lamentations in note form, a lull before a bigger finish?

The pattern reestablishes itself at least... not for a big finish but for a relatively sudden cessation. The weakness of this closing aside Contrails is a nice little number. On another day I might have reflexively ordered the rest of the album by now but for now I have other things to do...