A Grave With No Name Releases House
London-based singer-songwriter, Alexander Shields aka A Grave With No Name has recently released the delicate “House,” the lead off single from his upcoming album, Wooden Mask. Wooden Mask is due August 12th and will be released via Forged Artifacts. A Grave With No Name’s “House” is a track that feels that it ends too quickly, almost as if it were too fragile to remain sustainable in this unforgiving world. “House” is an interesting track in that it feels embryonic, unsure of what direction to go in. Give a listen to A Grave With No Name’s “House” below and let me know what you think.
Alexander Shields has been recording music under the moniker A Grave With No Name for a number of years now, but never has a collection of his songs more encapsulated the longing, desolate feeling of his namesake. Over 13 sparse arrangements, Shields carefully crafts voice, ambient noise, thoughtful acoustics and field recordings to create an atmosphere that is at times both distant and intensely intimate. Recorded over a winter at London’s Holy Mountain Studios, ‘Wooden Mask’ finds him opting for a more elemental, skeletal collection of songs than past efforts by design – and to extraordinary gains. Stripped and left bare in favor of complex arrangements, these recordings are given room to breathe and pulse and hang on their meaning.
But at its core, the album belongs to its name: ‘Wooden Mask’. Shields describes masks – both those physical and metaphorical – as a way to both disguise and become closer to our transcendental selves. “Whereas my previous albums have been preoccupied with loss, Wooden Mask is a meditation on renewal, using ritual and ceremony as a means to explore this theme.” Ultimately, he uses the idea of the mask as a vehicle for renewal, transformation, peace and transcendence throughout the album. ‘Wooden Mask’ is grounded in its relationship to the natural order surrounding its sound and space, but also brimming outward toward existential truths. It’s yet another staggering addition to Shields’ catalog as A Grave With No Name.
‘Wooden Mask’ is set for release August 12th via Forged Artifacts. ‘Wooden Mask’ tracklist: Sword Mask Mist Shrine Wedding Dress Pirouette House Pelt Nest Black Sage Pt. II Storm I Set Fire To My Boat Tape
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