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THUNDER PERFECT MIND

Current 93

 

Prog Folk

4.40 | 29 ratings

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Triceratopsoil
4 stars 4.5 stars, really

Perhaps Current 93's most melancholic output (that I've heard so far), Thunder Perfect Mind is a harrowing and impactful listen at worst, and a beautiful masterpiece at best. Soothing strings are gently overlaid on soft acoustic guitar. There is barely any percussion, but it doesn't lack for it. The vocals don't always seem inclined to stay entirely in tune, which if nothing else just lends to the inimitability of it all. The lyrics are marginally less dark than earlier Current 93 albums, but it's still not exactly Fairport Convention. You might LA LA LA along at parts; I did.

Overall, a masterfully executed and beautifully wrought gentle work of folk music. If some of Current 93's albums maybe scared you off their work a bit, if you are the sort to not like that kind of thing, this is probably your best bet to listen to of C93's albums. Quite accessible and, if I haven't emphasized it enough, pretty. Well actually, it gets a bit weird near the end but in a good way. Doesn't exactly thunder, and it's not entirely perfect, but I don't mind. Hyuck.

Triceratopsoil | 4/5 |

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