Maya Shenfeld
Under the Sun
https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/maya-shenfeld-under-the-sun/
I think its safe to say that Maya Shenfield has found a perfect home at Thrill Jockey. The label has always looked to release music that didn’t quite fit anywhere else, and this was definitely true for Shenfeld’s debut album ‘In Free Fall’. For her second album, ‘Under the Sun’, Shenfield has expanded her sonic palate and used an old proverb “there’s nothing new under the sun” as a launch pad. On one hand there isn’t much new music going on. Vangelis, Mort Garson and Wendy Carlos were playing around with these kinds of sounds in the 60s, 70s and 80s, but Shenfeld manages to coax new emotions from her synths that the other couldn’t.
The album starts with slow, and decisive, synths. As ‘A Guide for the Perplexed’ continues they become grander, and with each repetition their importance is more pronounced. By the halfway stage they are all-consuming, but just under the surface are delicate slivers of sound. These pierce the synths and punctuate them, which gives their grand tone more importance. ‘Tehom’ starts off with what sounds like metal being dragged across rock; under these a stuttering melody kicks in. While listening you are questioning yourself about whether it’s a train or not. If the opening track was an exercise in meditative melodies ‘Tehom’ is about getting under your skin and a feeling of unease.
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