This release came out on Jamendo when I was on holiday. I managed to download it but not play it. It has stayed on my player for three months being saved for Christmas. My present to myself.
If I glance to my right as I pen this review, I can see the multi-spires of our Cathedral, towering above its snow covered roof and the blanket white-out that exists between me and it. There is beauty in the snow, covering, as it does, the cracks of human self-destruction that I can usually view. It is cold out there but I am safe and warm within. That is how I feel about this music, it is cold to the ear and cold to the touch but gives off a warmth that results in a very satisfying inner glow. Typical Caustic Reverie and all the better for it.
Thanks Bryn for a classic year of music and I hope 2010 will bring us more.