"Piano is central to Cicada's sound, but important too are the strings and acoustic guitar. In this percussion-free outfit, lilting melodic patterns carry the rhythm, and a pastoral-folk quality often emerges when the strums of the acoustic guitar are factored into the mix. The tone of the album is largely celebratory and uplifting, but there are ponderous moments as well. “Blooms in Dark” and “The Seashore of Endless Worlds” offer two such examples, and the melancholy side of the group also comes to the fore during “Ocean Foam,” which Cicada expressly wrote to bring attention to the damage the Taiwan coast has suffered at human hands."
- Reviewed by textura
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https://flau.bandcamp.com/album/ocean
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