Moonlight in Visby by Victor Mucho, a rather beautiful personal statement in the Sufjan Stevens tradition that I chanced upon while skimming through new album releases early this morning.
Just hearing the name of a record, seeing a picture of Mucho, (actually Brian Macdonald, also of Judah & The Lion)), wearing a knitted patterned sweater and the cover of the record, an old school imap of the region in question, an island in the Baltic Sea where he had moved to from Nashville with his wife to set up a new life, are enough to tip you off.
Tip you off to the fact that this might be a Sufjan Stevens kind of highly personalised statement and experience that is. The Twenty First Century, The Internet and all they've brought have been very good in that respect. A democratisation of sorts. Andy's fifteen minutes if you like. An opportunity for individuals and groups of people to make crafted, idiocyncratic statements abour experience without needing to spell out every single thing.
Mucho, (Macdonald) seizes his personal opportunity. Moonlight in Visby is a Folk record essentially. Campfire Tapes. Misucally populated by rather lovely mandolin and guitar, McDonald's slightly disembodied voice and an altogether spectral ambience that give you the sense that you're experiencing the Northern Lights at times.
It's all rather lovely. A young married couple experiencing and exploring a new universe and seeing where it takes their lives and love. Lots of light and shade. Plenty of sheer wonder. Beautiful in its simplicity. A record I'll return to.
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