Mute Forest - Riderstorm (Limited Edition)

Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. There is a moment early on in Riderstorm where a submarine-like pulse swells, then fades into the void. ""Truth is a wave,"" Kael Smith pronounces, ""A rave I just can't hear."" On Smith's second album under the Mute Forest moniker, truth seems to slip in and out of his hands like a moth. Amongst the album's ten sonically rich and verdant songs produced by Mike Bridavsky (Magnolia Electric Co, Rivulets) these moments of clarity are bountiful; textural brush strokes strip away, the lens focuses in, and with a magnifying glass the listener peers directly into Smith's vulnerability.