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It all starts quietly enough yet grows with enough intensity to sound almost symphonic. The composition is thoughtful without being over the top or forceful. Rosenthal is able to give the ambience of meditative indifference. It’s not happy or sad it just is. The flow of the ambient sounds gravitates with purpose and direction. There are a few moments were the calm is upended by a bit of pensiveness or anxiety but overall they only add another dimension to the piece. The title, “The Passage” is well given; there is a feeling of movement (either physical or dimensional).
...transmuting through gorgeously heartwarming mirages into blissful all-embracing sonic euphoria. It happens again and again with each spin, I am drifting through the emotionally magnified sonic Eden into the resonant silence with goosebumps on my arms...
Recorded in the remembrance of lost loved ones, "The Passing" dives into the most intense, yet nectarously sumptuous, harmoniously gratifying and luminously eulogistic zones of heart-rending contemplations ever sculpted by Steve Roach!!! Richard Gürtler
A truly original blend of haunting electronics and gothic drama mirroring the complex and unknowable nature of human emotions. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 30, 2023