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Brian Eno — FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE (UMC)

It’s only a major chord, that fundamental sonority first on the plate of every student of the Western European tradition. Luminous and warm in its somehow unfamiliar sterility, it concludes ForeverAndEverNoMore with an unambiguous moment of respite, a harnessing and dispersal of energy. The journey toward it is the point, or a series of points forming a path as  lovely as it is circuitous.

This may be Eno’s most completely integrated use of sound and lyric. Yes, the album presents endlessly human concerns ranging from the environmental crisis to the ironies of self-makers and enforced labor, but there’s so much more in play, especially in the sounds themselves.

To suggest that Brian Eno is a moment-form composer would be to gild several lilies simultaneously while still addressing a pervasive musical characteristic. Sonically, these poetic soundscapes do what his recent work does but in miniature. His are neither the sequestered moments of 1960s Stockhausen nor the elastic instants of contemporaneous AMM, though he can do both when inclined. The Ship’s titular piece achieved this synthesis, while portions of Music for Airports juxtaposed them serially.

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE is a distillation and an evolution. Like Another Day on Earth, it gathers and telescopes facets of Eno’s flirtation with the pop world, this time in a less overtly rhythmic but timbrally diverse syntax more like that on The Ship or Reflections. Take in the swirling colors fading in and out of focus as “There Were Bells” laments its way forward, birds and accordions somehow alien in the constantly ebbing and flowing tides of cognition and recognition. Recurrent and aperiodic sound-points in “Garden of Stars” contrast with the pulses inherent to “Sherry’s modified piano timbre. A second formal consideration allows that labeling the pieces as miniatures may not even constitute the best path toward considering Eno’s gemmy utterances. Like two mini-dramas in search of each other, each half of the album ends with an instrumental, the first terrifying in its cosmic import, the second somehow both blissfully alien and endlessly human, the distorted speech floating along and gently propelling the wafting harmonies.

No formal or structural conjecture addresses the album’s calmly executed and often overwhelming viscerality. The first two tracks present both micro and macrocosm in stark juxtaposition, from the one-celled organism to the blinding sky nourishing regret-tinged golden fields even as they burn. The third and fourth pieces pull eons back, into the universe’s darkest reaches and beyond, exposing star-gate and star-child in turn in seas of drone and piercing luminosity. The album’s second half finds Eno in ballad and torch-song mode, nostalgic vapor pervading each line and fragmented reminiscence. War and youth, instants of travel immortalized and cast in shiny metal float and perch atop the intimacies of pianos in Romantic harmonic exhortation. The album is full of the small noises and cosmic visions that encapsulate life, death, microbe and universe, a tick of time, like a chord, both stark and larger than itself, establishing and destroying its boundaries. This all-in-all unity gives the album astonishing power and a uniquely familiar beauty. 

Marc Medwin

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE by Brian Eno

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Decked out in silver platform boots and a feather boa, Brian Eno first rose to prominence as a member of art rockers Roxy Music, appearing on their first two albums. Yet he is probably best known as a producer and for his solo work, particularly in the ambient genre. In fact, Eno is often credited with coining the term “ambient music” with the release of Ambient 1: Music for Airports in 1978.…

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The new Brian Eno record exceeded all expectations for me. Even had some moments that gave me a Coil vibe. I highly recommend checking it out.

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There Were Bells - Brian Eno

Happy 75th Birthday, Brian!

ALBUM REVIEW: Brian Eno – FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

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Brian Eno’s “ForeverAndEverNoMore” and Making Art in The Climate Emergency The pioneering musician, composer and producer speaks with fellow artist Beatie Wolfe about environment, art and power There’s no denying the influence Brian Eno has had on the world through his musical contributions (from Roxy Music to his solo work to his production for bands including Talking Heads, David Bowie and Devo), but his impact on the planet, through his organization EarthPercent and his climate … https://coolhunting.com/culture/brian-enos-foreverandevernomore-and-making-art-in-the-climate-emergency/

Brian Eno - "FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE" (2022)

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, Brian Eno (2022)

Brian Eno’s first proper vocal work in years also happens to be his best solo record in decades. While the hymnal quality of Eno’s vocals is an immediate point of interest, the appeal of much of the rest of FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE lies in the fact that it is simply so well-made. Nicely sung and with the kind of detailed sonic landscapes one would expect of ambient royalty, one never doubts Eno’s vision of a very hopeless and beautiful apocalypse.

Pick: ‘There Were Bells’

Brian Eno - We Let It In (from ForeverAndEverNoMore) Been a gray contemplative day so far after listening to Julianna Barwick’s excellent masterpiece Nepenthe. I naturally thought of this new release by the godfather of ambient out this year (with vocals!). Definitely has vibes of David Sylvian at times and the music is melancholy and sobering (but strikingly beautiful). They can’t all be sunny days (although Eno is drawing attention to a climate in crisis).

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 10/14/22

(CREDIT: IFC/Screenshot) Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out. Movies –Decision to Leave (Theaters) – The latest from Park Chan-wook! –Halloween Ends (Theaters and Peacock) –Till (Theaters) TV –High School Series Premiere (October 14 on Freevee) – Based on the lives of Tegan and Sara! –Whose Line…

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Bryan Eno ~ We Let It In