LP in edition of 200
180g vinyl
"A wondrous slice of high, lonesome ambient beauty. This is the work of
Tulsa-based Dylan Golden Aycock, who has been bringing us beautiful
sounds for some time now, whether under the Talk West moniker, his own
name. It’s been a little since we last heard from Talk West, but Black Coral Sprig
is well worth the wait. Across seven gorgeous instrumentals, Aycock
expertly evokes downright mystical landscapes using pedal steel,
electric guitar, viola and synth, finding a sound that’s somewhere in
the spacious borderland between the Hired Hand
soundtrack and the haunted minimalist blues of Loren Connors. Throughout
it all there’s a sense of patience, of unwinding, of depthless
melancholy. Perfect music for these strange days, in other words." - Aquarium Drunkard
"Serene shades of Loren Connors and Bruce Langhorne's The Hired Hand in Dylan Aycock's (Talk West) Black Coral Sprig" - MOJO
..."lose your eyes and you’ll envision something you’ve lost as the guitar
figures cascade in slow motion throughout “Willow And The Dogwood.” The
viola phrases and resonant loops on “Light Black” might stir memories of
something you have found, or someone who found you. And the passage of
blurred keyboards before a backdrop of crackle and chimes on “Solitary
Blossoms” will make you smell the smoke, feel the heat and recall
whatever you learned around some fading fire. There’s no shortage of
music out there that aims to become your psychological soundtrack, but
this album delivers the goods."—Magnet Magazine
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/BlackCoralSprig
