I like the beats and I like the yelling, 9th November 26

Liminal Spirit: Forfeiture HymnsOut 6th November, self-released Hot off the heals of last year’s ‘Unwell’, Liminal Spirit waste no time in expanding on their debut both musically and conceptually with this next offering, ‘Forfeiture Hymns’. All the same elements are in place. Meandering, microtonal guitar lines. Ponderous, faltering drum patterns, displaying an oddly freeform rhythmic centre belying their programmed origins. And the same tantalisingly agnostic approach to melody is deployed, as familiar, borderline lyrical lines emerge only to fade into anomic, tonal ambiguity. But there is a macro structure at work across these pieces, as rhythm and thematic emphasis gradually coalesce into their own logic that makes sense only in situ, requiring one to truly get one’s ear into the music to fully appreciate the systemic developments at work across each track. ‘Unwell’ centred on the character Phillip Hastings, consigned to a nursing home and living through his final days. ‘Forfeiture…

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