Style: Dungeon synth
Primary Emotions/Themes: A perfect representation of everything that I love about dungeon synth
Thoughts: Waves roll in from the east. I stare out towards the western horizon, the waves pushing me ever further towards that western front. I know not where I travel to, I only know that I must travel Further West than West itself.
Two notes. Two notes is all that encompasses nearly all of the opening track Further West than West. These two notes combined with waves lapping up against the shoreline and silence is all that is present in this song, and it's one of the strongest tracks on the album.
The fact that Fogweaver can create such a beautiful sound with such minimalism is a skill that is beyond me. I find myself drawn in by this simple elegance every time I start this album... the prefect introduction to the story that Vedurnan tells through its music.
While the rest of the album is distinctively more traditional in it's approach, and certainly less obscured than Magelight is, the end result here is a competent and highly enjoyable dungeon synth album. The melodies are repetitious yet catchy as they should be. The sound design is on point - it all sounds like it was created by synthetic means, yet it has a distinctly organic sound quality to it at the same time. The songs never overstay their welcome, and know exactly how long to be and when to progress. The melodies often have counter melodies that grow and evolve with the music, making the repetition a great strength rather than something that I grow tired of easily.
Fogweaver has several more albums outside of Vedurnan and Magelight, I hope that they too find their way into the vinyl record medium sometime in the future. Going through these two albums has been an absolute joy to discover, and I long for more.
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