One thing that Imbogodom’s Daniel Beban and Alexander Tucker have excelled at since 2010’s The Metallic Year is their branded cultivation of a particular spookiness. On The Metallic Year, the duo managed to evoke both the eerie simplicity of Renaissance music and the warped textures of electroacoustic drone in a set of nine pieces that established a definite sound for the project. Over time, Beban and Tucker’s work has grown more produced and song-oriented, but the beautifully creepy vibe of their debut record has never faded.
Instead, as evidenced by “Voices of Lists” from Imbogodom’s forthcoming Metafather, their atmospherics are now being applied in fascinating new ways. “Voices of Lists” is an acoustic-based song that wouldn’t sound out of place on one of Tucker’s solo albums, but it’s permeated here with the duo’s signature electronics that subtly overtake the song, transforming the last minute and a half into a beautiful wash of backwards vocals, lush delay, and acoustic explorations. It’s a great example of how Beban and Tucker are sonically utilizing Imbogodom’s signifiers in new ways while maintaining the aura of timeless spookiness that’s made their past works so haunting.
Metafather, the final installment in the BBC Bush House trilogy, is out October 15 via Thrill Jockey. You can stream “Voices of Lists” below:
• Imbogodom: http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/Imbogodom
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