Yellow Swans mastered their amalgamation of drone and dark ambient music on 2009s "Going Places", the final proper album from the Portland duo of Pete Swanson and Gabriel Mindel Saloman. There is such an expertly dialed atmosphere on this record, and the vibe is appropriately summed up and reflected by the album's cover art. "Going Places" is surprisingly "warm" for a "noise" record, thanks to the lush, subterranean ambient passages which lurk beneath the harsh surface. Some of Tim Hecker's bleakest moments come close to this (or possibly Burning Star Core), but Yellow Swans are profoundly unique in their execution. Imagine a radio transmission of William Basinksi's "Disintegration Loops" being picked up and reinterpreted by other life forms.
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