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Let It Flow - The Momentary Touches to the Depths

10 May 2007, 23:09

Hmmm... I'm in the mood for a last.fm journal entry, and several ideas popped in my head. One of them is to periodically review an album that has really, and I mean really impressed me. Sounds neat? Well, I'll give it a try, and see just how things work. So here we are for tonight, together with the first album I am going to introduce.

Let It Flow is a Turkish band I've come to discover thanks to last.fm. Actually, I have to be grateful to this website for introducing me to most of the awesome music I've been listening to recently. Let It Flow was an instant crush. While one may not mistakenly say their music is doom metal, it's so much more than just that. The doom actually resides more in the general feeling of the music, instead of slow riffing or the like. I avoid using the term "gothic metal", although it comes quite handy and would probably give a good description of what this album sounds like. The Momentary Touches to the Depths is full of acoustic guitarwork, which gives it a feeling of serenity, a distinct eeriness that comes hand in hand with the overall sadness. Because oh, this album is so sad. I would best describe it's sound as "rainy". This is the perfect soundtrack to a cold, dark, windy, rainy autumn evening. Bleak and meaningful. Almost painful at times, but in a soothing way. The silence that came when the album ended was just like the sun breaking through the clouds after an autumn rain. It left me calm, purified, healed.
This is most definitely worth giving a listen, at least for the frontwoman Sinem Deger whose voice I find to be chillingly beautiful. She left the band after this album, but oh my, what an album this is! Great atmosphere, good instrumentation, intriguing lyrics sung by an amazing female voice.

Let It Flow - The Momentary Touches To The Depths (Hammer Muzik)

When an album can connect with the listener on a deeply emotional level, the artists who created it can be confident in their true success as musicians. Regardless of the weight of an album's commercial impact, attention from the press or the name recognition of a group, it goes without saying that any album that can be looked upon as an outstanding artistic achievement in its own right should be afforded sufficient accolades. The Momentary Touches To The Depths is one of those records indeed. Dedicated to guitarist and founding member, the late Süleyman Pamuk, this debut is a masterpiece of textural affectivity, exploring progressive magnetism, while offering a bountiful array of adventuresome melody.

An album that listeners can delve into in profound fashion, the hauntingly beautiful passages of this record convey the musicians' heart-felt passion toward their craft. The doomy, gothic elements displayed during "Mourning" resonate with a vibrant potency, as vocalist Sinem Deðer emits a palpably woebegone dormancy. Distant, crying guitar reverberations collide head-on with a monumental chorus on this cut as Let It Flow exude ethereal musical perceptions and vast sonic landscapes in effortless fashion.

The distant, taciturn distress of the album's title track highlights the group's exceptional arrangement capabilities, while jangling, soothing sounds of "Desire's Lost" betray a distinct Pink Floyd style that is markedly propitious. Being that Let It Flow ardently observes dynamics, such instances result in an extremely cohesive listen. One listen to the introspective "Deadly Silence" or the ubiquitously enticing "Stuck", which features a very intriguing vocal interplay, should provide ample evidence of the commendable virtuosity of this group for most followers of this particular style.

Rarely does a debut make such an instant connection with listeners, and for this reason, The Momentary Touches To The Depths should be hailed as a benchmark achievement for this Turkish outfit. For those who revel in deeply emotive, highly atmospheric sounds with a strong sense of melody and spirit, this record is highly recommended.

By Erin Fox

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