<p>The Murmur EP, The Sight Below’s follow-up to 2008’s full-length Glider, is a bracing step forward for the reclusive Seattle-based artist, comprising two new songs and two notable remixes. Whereas Glider was the picture of consistency—a seamless suite of dreamy, gaseous guitar tones and subtle four-on-the-floor techno beats—The Sight Below uses the Murmur EP as an opportunity for expansion, turning up the contrast on his silky tones to expose an even more deeply textured sound with a powerful emotional effect.</p> <p>On the Murmur EP, the textures are denser, courser—closer to Kevin Shields’ jagged oceans of guitar than Glider’s wisps of reverb—and the beats are meatier, funkier even. The Sight Below comes close to recording a “real” dance track with “Murmur,” slipping a skipping syncopation and an honest-to-god bass line into a roiling cloud of distortion. “Wishing Me Asleep” incorporates bits of strings into the mix for a touch of cinematic melancholy. Eluvium’s remix of “No Place for Us” turns the track’s simple rhythm into a pointillist’s dream of microscopic, percussive samples, while working the ambient swirl up to a near-operatic pitch. Finally, Glider opening track “At First Touch” gets a re-edit from Simon Scott of legendary UK shoegazers Slowdive. The Sight Below and Scott have collaborated since 2009, and their chemistry shows—Scott excises the song’s pulse, leaving a gorgeously desolate wash of guitar noise and distant voices.</p> 2009-10-06T17:47:56-04:00 the-sight-below-murmur-ep 9498752 Music 2009-10-14T08:30:23-04:00 2009-10-26T22:20:35-04:00 The Sight Below GI-92, Glider, Murmur EP, The Sight Below The Murmur EP, The Sight Below’s follow-up to 2008’s full-length Glider, is a bracing step forward for the reclusive Seattle-based artist, comprising two new songs and two notable remixes. Whereas Glider was the picture of consistency—a seamless suite of dreamy, gaseous guitar tones and subtle four-on-the-floor techno beats—The Sight Below uses the Murmur EP as an opportunity for expansion, turning up the contrast on his silky tones to expose an even more deeply textured sound with a powerful emotional effect. On the Murmur EP, the textures are denser, courser—closer to Kevin Shields’ jagged oceans of guitar than Glider’s wisps of reverb—and the beats are meatier, funkier even. The Sight Below comes close to recording a “real” dance track with “Murmur,” slipping a skipping syncopation and an honest-to-god bass line into a roiling cloud of distortion. “Wishing Me Asleep” incorporates bits of strings into the mix for a touch of cinematic melancholy. Eluvium’s remix of “No Place for Us” turns the track’s simple rhythm into a pointillist’s dream of microscopic, percussive samples, while working the ambient swirl up to a near-operatic pitch. Finally, Glider opening track “At First Touch” gets a re-edit from Simon Scott of legendary UK shoegazers Slowdive. The Sight Below and Scott have collaborated since 2009, and their chemistry shows—Scott excises the song’s pulse, leaving a gorgeously desolate wash of guitar noise and distant voices. 2009-10-06T17:47:56-04:00 quack 227 24988792 shopify deny 0 12" + MP3 Download Murmur EP _ 1 18.00 9498752 true 804297909219 true 2009-11-21T16:06:41-05:00 2009-10-06T17:49:17-04:00 manual 0 24988882 deny 1 MP3 Download Murmur EP _ 2 3.89 9498752 true 804297909202 true 2009-10-09T13:28:08-04:00 2009-10-06T17:50:17-04:00 manual 0 24988952 deny 1 MP3 Murmur GI92_01_Murmur.mp3 3 0.99 9498752 true MP3J70909201 true 2009-10-14T09:05:17-04:00 2009-10-06T17:50:47-04:00 manual 0 24988992 deny 1 MP3 Wishing Me Asleep GI92_02_Wishing_Me_Asleep.mp3 4 0.99 9498752 true MP3J70909202 true 2009-10-14T09:05:25-04:00 2009-10-06T17:51:18-04:00 manual 0 24989042 deny 1 MP3 No Place For Us (Eluvium Remix) [Digital Exclusive] GI92_03_No_Place_For_Us_(Eluvium Remix).mp3 5 0.99 9498752 true MP3J70909203 true 2009-10-14T09:33:41-04:00 2009-10-06T17:51:49-04:00 manual 0 24989142 deny 1 MP3 At First Touch (Simon Scott Remix) [Digital Exclusive] GI92_04_At_First_Touch_(Simon_Scott_Remix).mp3 6 0.99 9498752 true MP3J70909204 true 2009-10-14T09:33:46-04:00 2009-10-09T13:00:39-04:00 manual 0 25152032 shopify deny 0 MP3 The Sunset Passage (Biosphere Remix) [Vinyl Exclusive] GI92_B1_The_Sunset_Passage_(Biosphere_Remix).mp3 7 0.99 9498752 true true 2009-10-14T09:05:55-04:00 2009-10-06T17:48:07-04:00 19280432 1 9498752 2009-10-06T17:48:07-04:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0023/2122/products/gi_92_1400x1400.jpg?1265673467 2009-10-26T23:59:56-04:00 20562462 2 9498752 2009-10-26T23:59:56-04:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0023/2122/products/murmur_large.jpg?1265673467 File Format File Name Audio