Style: Dreamy ambient
Primary Emotions/Themes: Waking up in a window filled room with the first crack of dawn beaming into your eyes
Thoughts: Like all albums in my collection this one has a story. This was one of the last records I bought before I started chronicling my collection on this blog. I decided to start writing about half way through listening to all the orders that came from Past Inside the Present that summer. While some of the records in that order are the earliest entries in this blog, this one is being visited much later.
Keep the Sun Orange combines two of my favorite things in the ambient genre: dreamy soundscapes filled with hope and awe, and female vocals. I've mentioned several times before that vocals need to be more of a thing within the ambient genre. Not vocals in the traditional sense, but using vocals as another instrument alongside the ambient soundscapes often brings it to another level.
The entirety of this album can be summarized by one word: peace. Every note, every chord, every effect, every vocal line, every single iota of information on this album is geared towards the peace of the listener.
Open piano chords that are delayed ad nauseum, a low hum similar to that of a humming birds wings, a phased chord that caresses the listener like one would a lover in the morning sun... all things that accompany the beautiful opening of the album. Certainty of Tides introduces the listener to exactly what the artist intend for the duration of the album.
Like so many other ambient albums Keep the Sun Orange's strength is hidden deep within the confines of these grooves. The music is so comforting, so wonderful that it brings me to a place of great serenity... regardless of my previous mental state.
Awakened Souls and From Overseas have created an album that is as warm as the morning sun caressing my skin as it breaks the horizon. The warmth of a loved one embracing you, the feeling of being cherished when receiving a thoughtful gift. All these things and more are contained within the forty or so minutes of Keep the Sun Orange. A truly special album.
Written May 8th 2024
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