May 3, 2021
Lake Mary & Oxherding - With The Windows Open
I’ve been a fan of the pastoral guitar wizardry of Chaz Prymek (AKA Lake Mary) for a while now, and his latest does not disappoint. Here, Chaz teams up with Fitz Hartwig (AKA Oxherding) for a set of transportive, intimate duets. Adding subtle synths and various treatments (as well as some tasty field recordings) to Prymek’s guitar, Hartwig creates a resonant, reverberant landscape, as fresh and glittering as a spring morning. There are times when the music is barely there, just a wisp — but then it all coalesces beautifully into a warm sound bath. An album to sink into.
