A Grand Stream by Smote

People spend decades of their lives searching for the exit to an overwhelming, miserable, solitary existence, but over and over we see the same solution present itself: a slow lifestyle founded upon community. Out of this realization springs A Grand Stream by Smote, a harrowing tale of escape that ends in victorious contentment. An inventive sound inspired by the cyclical energy of Swans and the sonic textures of Sunn O))) shephards us from our chaotic, dark surroundings, beginning with intimidating drum patterns and dark harmonies that extend endlessly into every horizon. Gradually, the sounds coalesse into tighter and tighter ascending patterns, wrenching us away from our alienating stagnation and sending us into the dazzling heights of friendship unobstructed by the grating noise of digital atomization. Such a convincing, human story motivates all of us to cut unnecessary sources of distress from our lives, joining Smote in the return to the community that has the capacity to save each of us individually as it cushions all of us collectively.

- Michael