Walking

This is a quiet album. A little edgy, but quiet. This dubstep is stepping - a slow walk for sure. I love the theme of this album as I am big on walking and I walk three miles to work every dark morning. This album would be nice to listen to then, but it has a dark and moody personality and I am already terrified of the dark. The intro to the first track is so enticing but'darn' it reminds me of zombies walking.

I like this album a great deal. I especially loved "Walking Lost" with its effortless pace and its poetic nature, a subtle hint of voices (this one I would like to walk to - but only in the daytime;)). I also appreciated "Walking Home"'s hopefulness and heartbeat, and exhaustion! It reminds me of when I walk home after work - also in the dark.

These tracks are beautiful but don't invade my thinking except as an added cushion for my hard taxed brain. I love this album for background stuff. I also believe that it is the music to listen to when wanting to be creative. Yes, I think it speaks to my brain waves and induces that part of my brain to be more active - but you have to listen with headphones. It sounded too tinny when using the speakers on my laptop. It is also a great listen for relaxation or just thinking.

Now this is my personal opinion and view, but I think this is one of Churst personal full on best album, I have checked out of late, everything in it's perfect timing, and balance in sound, layers, beats, bass line, style and flare and so on. I love the atmosphere, I love the vibration, the skill, and most of all artistic-al talent in this album. Let alone the great experience I had, sitting back, really listening to this very enjoying musical expression in music interpretation of dark, ambient, break beat,dub step, with classical music as well. Churst excels in this style and music.

I like walking, I walk everywhere. Don't drive anymore, unless it's an emergency. So immediately this has appeal, just by the title. But, what about the tasting of the proverbial pudding? OK, I will admit to a slight bias in that I am already a fan of Churst, however, I will as always, be as impartial as possible and objective. We start by Walking Back and it is classic dubstepping all the way back. There is always a consistency in Churst's works, released, and the ones I've heard elsewhere, and the odd sneak preview/special treat. That consistency is, I think, about the spirit of the artist you are listening to (or thinking about listening to, if you are reading this first), and not simply about sticking to a style. It has a sense of gravity of returning from a place of significance.

Walking Away is slightly lighter and brighter, and has an air of courage about it that walking away can be about. Again, the style is there, but it is not just repetitious. The Long Walk, takes a different route. One with more fortitude and a different sense of strength, and stamina, even though it's nearly the shortest track, curiously enough. It feels more spacious, like their is an environment around you that puts you into perspective as well as the length of your travel.

Walking Lost starts with a sense of confusion, the music seems a bit muddled and active, as if it is actually searching its way around, looking for the path to follow and walk along. Certainly not aimless, in fact more directed and consciously intent, which is what happens when you get lost. You can ask directions, or judge your position in relation to landmarks, the stars, the position of the sun or, as is often the case in England, the direction the clouds are moving!-) So, there seems to be more certitude in this track than the others, despite being lost.

Finally, there is that last walk that finishes the album, Walking Home. Wherever that may be. It could be a place that is represented by some sense of permanence, or literally wherever you hang your hat. Either way, there is a sense of finality about it, and a suitably attuned ambience to enable that expression, in Churst's fairly unique style. Many roads I have travelled, and what a long, strange trip it's been. Nice works as expected. Not so much dark as realistic, and subtle in the capturing of different modes of walking, but walk they did, with a dynamic step. Thanks for sharing Craig, nice theme, nice sensitivities.