{"product_id":"mike-gangloff-april-is-passing-vinyl","title":"Mike Gangloff - April Is Passing","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond VHF solo LP from the Pelt\/Black Twigs mainstay, following 2022's acclaimed \"\"Evening Measures.\"\" \"\"April is Passing\"\" builds on the striking solo Hardanger-style fiddle performances on the previous LP to take the music even further out, with deep drones and extended techniques defining a vocabulary that is Americana-adjacent, but a unique and special sound that Mike is pursuing almost alone. Joined on selected tracks by Cara Gangloff's Sruti and Kaily Shenker's sonorous Cello, the all-original, all-live performances are resonant with both overt melody and a cloud of thick string overtones, whether on the more upbeat tunes like \"\"Ironto Dancer\"\" or the epic 11+ minute LP closer \"\"Helen's Song.\"\" \"\"September Air\"\" is a mournful slow build, the fiddle embroidering a minor-key melody over the drone of the Surti box and a low cello counter point. \"\"A Fallen Palace of Snowville\"\" is a solo performance where the additional sympathetic strings of the hardanger fiddle are strongly heard as a ghostly accompaniment, as Mike's elegant melody switches back and forth from minor to major. \"\"Helen's Song\"\" closes side 2 with a complex, ever-changing swirl of melodic and harmonic invention, with Mike's keening, languorous bowing leading the way through multiple moods and sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51602834587943,"sku":"783881016512","price":27.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4400164-3318948.jpg?v=1783473039","url":"https:\/\/www.corkyscoffee.com\/products\/mike-gangloff-april-is-passing-vinyl","provider":"Corkys Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}