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Of Thread & Mist is a fitting phrase for ephemeral, loop-based work. This is the new moniker of Richard Knox, no stranger to these pages under various guises. Recorded during the pandemic,
Static Hymns to No One is both a reflection of and music for quarantine. The very title is at war with itself, implying that no one is upstairs and that we’re going to ask for help anyway, because we can’t be sure. ‘Grace and Truth Perish’ is like the lamentation of Job, seeking an explanation for his suffering (spoiler alert: two entities made a bet); or Ecclesiastes, lamenting the unheard cries of the oppressed. The choral elements, coupled with the sense of yearning, make it a hymn....”
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