OTHER LIVES RITUALS LP VINYL NEW (US) 33RPM
1. Fair Weather
2. Pattern
3. Reconfiguration
4. Easy Way Out
5. Beat Primal
6. New Fog
7. 2 Pyramids
8. Need A Line
9. English
10. Untitled
11. No Trouble
12. For The Last
13. Its Not Magic
14. Ritual
Double vinyl LP pressing. Other Lives, which includes Josh Onstott and Jonathon Mooney, remain focused on the search for audible clarity: their next expression, their next melody, their next rhythm. Rituals, the band's third and 2015 full-length album, is a pure encapsulation of the trio's relentless drive for precision. Ambient soundscapes ("New Fog") buttress against prog-rock stomp ("2 Pyramids") lending the album the experience of embarking on a choose-your-own-adventure novel. "There's kind of a duality to this record," Tabish says, referencing "Pattern" - "rhythmically kind of up-tempo, really fast-moving, marimbas, this new kind of new-wave orchestra sound" - in opposition to the closing title track, a slow-building, piano-and-strings-anchored ballad Tabish wrote in the finals weeks of recording.