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These compositions deftly weave between evoking emotions of mystery and even awe - the wonder and undoubted trepidation that a human would feel in the presence of a god, but again, merely acting as pylon, while organic instrumentation rides atop.
Read MoreThe music is the brilliance of Dead Melodies come to the fore, with reserved pads, delicate plucks in cadenced patterns, all slowly evolved to be a blanketing soundscape for the listener to enjoy the soundtrack while their imagination explores the storyline of the album.
Read MoreSleepy Town of Winter both continues a previous narrative, as well as carries that oblique story arc with it… a measured continuance of the Murken Hollow storyline given to us in November of 2022, a dreamy, lackadaisical meandering of sound design and smooth jazz over a noir, almost horror-adjacent backdrop.
Read MoreA true master of the atmospheric craft, Tom Moore has crafted subdued drones and pads, muted percussions and soft strings, muffled basses and field recordings… A perfect convergence of imaginative storytelling and purposeful atmospheric sound design, this is the soundtrack to a modern noir/thriller film in the listener’s imagination, and I cannot recommend this album enough.
Read MoreThis newest album takes us on a sojourn into the fantastical realm of dreams; into worlds and folds reality touched by faint memory, yet shaped by the subconscious, much the same way the music of Dead Melodies is presented.
Read MoreThe story alone commands your attention, and this is certainly the type of high-concept dark ambient that I crave and Dead Melodies has certainly delivered!
Read MoreI would like to open this review with a candid missive, if you would indulge me: this album is brilliant. The timbre of such a tale, one exploring such a time period as Victorian London, as well as the potential for steampunk and dark fantasy inflection within my mind was immediately compelling.
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