Volume 1

Volume 1Imagine taking a Living Strings Collection vinyl or a vintage Technicolor film soundtrack and adding the imagery of a Spring in full bloom with the softest, most pastel paint. The marriage between his score like string orchestrations along with analog synthesizers is an ingenious mix of the 50s and 60s familiar sounds. The eight pieces take you through seaside gardens and hills, pit stopping into the window of his 1990s gloomy living room. Mathieus

“I guess I’m acknowledging and finding a way with shyness as I get older

“Quiet’s not a fault to weed out

drawing generously from her tender heart space

and Warren’s vocals have taken even more ambitious strides

listeners will find Braids at their most personal

she set out on a personal journey to once again find the balance needed for creation

” “We realized at some point that we needed to work on shit on our own time

I love Jim’s bass playing on this song

good things happen when you venture outside of your comfort zone – a truth that you could equally apply to Hold/Still itself: an album which derives its eerie power from simmering tensions and strange

which quickly makes you forget about the worries of the daily grind

” explains Shemie

The lead singer doubled as engineer