Oct 12, 2012 | Reviews, Slow Dancing Society Reviews
“I’m crossing a bridge on a cloudy morning. It looks like it might rain. People are running, God knows from what or where to, a slow dancing society unfolds in plain sight every second, and the music of Drew Sullivan seems to be made to draw our attention to...
Oct 12, 2012 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“This is the second installment in a trilogy slated for completion in January. While In opened with a fog lifting to reveal a romantic vista, On bursts out of the gate like a bolting horse pulling a cart with a broken back wheel. “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” is...
Oct 12, 2012 | Reviews, Slow Dancing Society Reviews
“Slow Dancing Society, on the other hand, may be the most loveable of Hidden Shoals’ roster. Built around chiming, delayed guitars, Drew Sullivan´s music glows and radiates more wattage than most ambient. Sulllivan has a consistent, very personal address. His...
Oct 12, 2012 | Reviews, Slow Dancing Society Reviews
“Over six years and four previous albums, Slow Dancing Society, aka Drew Sullivan, has pretty much become a household name in ambient music and a stalwart of the Hidden Shoal label. Laterna Magica sees the artist continuing in much the same vein as before, and...
Oct 12, 2012 | Reviews, Slow Dancing Society Reviews
“Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: you wake up, get dressed, go to work, finish work, travel back home, do various chorus at home and finally, after the last corner of the room has been dusted and hovered you sit down to relax. One might watch some...
Oct 5, 2012 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
Arguably the track that brings Mehr’s On into clearest focus is the penultimate one, “Monks On The Beach,” less for the irreverence of its title than for the conceptual MO evidenced by its construction—specifically the idea of pairing Gregorian Chant with...
