Pollination vinyl

There's a curious tension in the air on "Pollination", one of three instrumental pieces released simultaneously by the great Thurston Moore. Not uncomfortable, and yet suggestive of some impending impact, it makes most sense when heard with its compatriots, "Three Graces: Alice Moki Jayne" and "Spring Swells", but nevertheless is a captivating four-minutes or so of music when heard individually. While the other two sound like disjointed warmups and otherworldly, sci-fi-infused crescendos, here things are far more rhythmic, flowing and deeply hypnotic. Guitar chords step over a backdrop of atmospheric echoes and chimes, hook eventually revealing itself to create what sounds like the prog rock equivalent of a shamanic ritual. If anyone had ever questioned Moore's credentials as spirit guide here's proof that he's more than up to the task.

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