Slow drawn out notes played on string instruments... violin, cello, and viola. Haunting reverb that echoes throughout every crevice imaginable. Music that deliberately resonates in such a way that it's all encompassing... nothing escapes its reach. This is the world of Phosphines.
I've been spinning this record for the better part of two hours at this point, and I'm hard pressed to recall a specific instance or notion the album. What I do recall though is how this album has made me feel during those two hours. I feel like I am in the middle of some great mire, or forest that I cannot escape. No matter where I go I am constantly pulled at in all directions by the landscape around me. It's a terrible feeling and one I don't particularly enjoy having.
So why do I keep listening to it? Because it's different. It's something I haven't quite felt before. Sure I've listened to uneasy music in the past, but nothing that has this level of depth to it. This is haunting on another level all together. This is a deep dread that settles in right before you know that there is nothing you can do before something terrible is about to happen. Jessica Moss has captured that pure essence and distilled it down to a sonic form.
Essentially this is a modern classical piece that has gone the way of minimalism and droning ambient. It's very challenging to listen to, but not for any of the normal reasons. The notes are not hard to follow nor overtly harsh... it's just uneasy in a way that no other album I've listened to in a long time has managed to be... and for that on it's own its worth something.
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