William Basinski - Lamentations


1.	For Whom the Bell Tolls 04:10
2.	The Wheel of Fortune 03:20
3.	Paradise Lost 01:22
4.	Tear Vial 04:45
5.	O, My Daughter, O, My Sorrow 06:43
6.	Passio 06:21
7.	Punch and Judy 03:06
8.	Silent Spring 06:20
9.	Transfiguration 03:37
10.	All These Too, I, I Love 11:06
11.	Please, This Shit Has Got To Stop 05:04
12.	Fin 01:37
 
 
about 

William Basinski’s reputation as the foremost producer of profound
meditations on death and decay has long been established, but on his new album,
Lamentations, he transforms operatic tragedy into abyssal beauty. More than any
other work since The Disintegration Loops, there is an ominous grief throughout
the album, and that sense of loss lingers like an emotional vapor.

Captured and constructed from tape loops and studies from Basinski’s archives –
dating back to 1979 – Lamentations is over forty years of mournful sighs
meticulously crafted into songs. They are shaped by the inevitable passage of
time and the indisputable collapsing of space – and their collective resonance
is infinite and eternal.

credits
released November 13, 2020