At some point I suppose I should listen to some music fitting to the season. It's October, the leaves are turning, the days are shorter, the witches are brewing, and it is time to harvest.
Old Tower plays dark ambient, there is no other genre that could possibly describe the music contained within this two part album. Plague Harvest contains some of the darkest soundscapes that I've heard in some time.
I'm not sure why Old Tower's music strikes me harder than most albums in the genre. Maybe its the accompanying imagery, a lone cloaked figure standing in front of a ruined harvest and a still windmill... a hard winter is coming for those who depended on this harvest.
The music is minimalist, even by minimalist standards. This is largely just single tones, a church bell, wind, and distorted backgrounds that simply sound inhuman. This is exactly the type of music I would want to play on Halloween, and I likely will spin this record at least once then.
Plague Harvest is among the better dark ambient records I've heard in a few years. Its use of sound effects, distant melodies, and slow drawn out tones simply give me the chills. Its exactly what I want out of the genre.
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