With Beauty in the Tension, the Olympic Symphonium return with another dreamy, low-key folk gem. The New Brunswick-based quartet's fifth studio album marries rich, acoustic instrumentation — "In with the Camera" is a stunner — with conversational songwriting.
Recorded over six days at Riverport, NS's Old Confidence Lodge studio, the ten tracks here wash together and wander along in a cautious haze. See "Thanks a Lot," "Careful," "Look at Her Now," or the decidedly unfunny "Comedy."
Nick Cobham, Kyle Cunjak, Dennis Goodwin, and Graeme Walker have mastered the art of rural Zen — this time around with a more fleshed out alt-country sound. "The candles are out/ But the smoke remains," they conclude. And Beauty in the Tension fills the space with sound.
(Forward Music Group)Recorded over six days at Riverport, NS's Old Confidence Lodge studio, the ten tracks here wash together and wander along in a cautious haze. See "Thanks a Lot," "Careful," "Look at Her Now," or the decidedly unfunny "Comedy."
Nick Cobham, Kyle Cunjak, Dennis Goodwin, and Graeme Walker have mastered the art of rural Zen — this time around with a more fleshed out alt-country sound. "The candles are out/ But the smoke remains," they conclude. And Beauty in the Tension fills the space with sound.
