Trace Mountains - Into The Burning Blue (Burning Blue Vinyl)

Trace Mountains - Into The Burning Blue (Burning Blue Vinyl)Into the Burning Blue, the fifth studio album from Trace Mountains, begins underwater. Songwriter Dave Benton was too. And though the songs were derived from a place of pain and heartbreak, Into the Burning Blue is an adventurous, bold, and groovy album about movement. Benton is at his most declarative, depicting his constant tread of water to stay afloat, and the occasional triumph that comes as reward. Pain often brings a new perspective on

all the while steeped in the greats like Stevie Wonder or The Four Seasons

With her new EP Circles

the sixth album and first for 4ad from blonde redhead is a dainty beast

while Fair was instantly taken with the singer’s magnetic stage presence and harsh

at others a thrilling

The results are in the pudding: at times sparse and poetic

Commissioned to write the score

Album opener “How To Rent A Room” is light twang and a grown-up Jonathan Richman-esque stream of consciousness

Mick Jenkins

Most of this album was recorded in a couple of weeks up at Mitch Easter's fantastic recording facility The Fidelitorium in beautiful little Kernersville NC back in August of 2005

celebrating the beauty of regeneration through decay

echoing van Loon's ongoing personal journey