Welcome to Seven in Seven, where each Thursday in this space we would typically take a look at concerts coming to the region over the next week. With most shows on hold due to the pandemic, hereâs a look at seven of the best albums being released April 16:
Alaskan Tapes â "For Us Alone"
The moniker Alaskan Tapes represents Toronto-based composer Brady Kendallâs ever-evolving ambient music project. He wrote the nine songs on "For Us Alone" in three groups of three, and as a result the music flows cohesively from one track to the next. Exactly three songs feature drums, one in each suite, a technique that helps flesh out the groups and connect them to the whole. Everything was written and recorded in Kendallâs home studio space with strings added remotely by Jonathan Dreyfuss in Berlin, who was the only other musician to play on the album. The recording embraces the imperfect nature in which it was made, from ambient blips that add texture and depth to the low hum of a conversation elsewhere in his home to the intentionally muddy way the electronic drums were captured.