Colleen- The Golden Morning Breaks
Leaf Recordings
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Colleen’s debut, Everyone Alive Wants Answers, is a soundtrack to viewing old, decaying film negatives held up to the light – a gentle, intimate record that conveys themes of childhood nostalgia through dusty, wobbly lullabies. Her sophomore effort was recorded live with guitar, strings, and glass glockenspiel - a departure from the first - which was based completely from samples and found sounds. The result is a more instinctive and organically formed record, but one that draws upon familiar textures. From the crackle of the tape on “The Common Sea,” to the sound of raindrops falling against a windowpane used as a subtle percussive element on “Mining in the Rain,” the attention to such minutiae creates an intimate bond with the listener, akin to a whispered secret that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Though the title is The Golden Morning Breaks, the songs best convey a sound suited to a moment just before.