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Neil Cowley Trio: Entity
ByCritical reaction to Entity has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic. "Triumphant," "exquisite," "a masterpiece" and "a must" are a representative selection of soundbites. One particularly excited reviewer described the album as "impassioned with a delicate beauty that seems to breathe with every aspect of what it is to be human." Some writers have lauded what one called music "varied in colour and character," while another, contrariwise, rejoiced in the album's "singularity of mood."
Out of all the above, "singularity of mood" is the only one that hits the spot. Other listeners might prefer "monotone." They might feel that the music has the harmonic sophistication of a nursery rhyme and the rhythmic excitement of a metronome. They might say that, as with the most banal folk tunes (the musical equivalents of predictive text), they always know what is coming a bar or two before it lands.
Most tellingly of all, they might say that instead of being impassioned with a delicate beauty that seems to breathe with every aspect of what it is to be human, Entity sounds like something generated by AI, not by the human creativity it is said to champion. Check the YouTube below and decide for yourself.
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Marble; Those Claws; V&A; Father Daughter; Blood; Adam Alphabet; Photo Box; Lemon Merengue; Shoop; Sir Benjamin; Entity.
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Title: Entity | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Hide Inside Records
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