William Tyler - New Vanitas (RSD 2021) Hamish Hawk describing

describing

Bob Cranshaw’s reassuring upright bass

there comes a point when the veil of mystique must be fully lifted

A beautifully layered blend that is mirrored in the music he’s made

Fat Pop (Volume 1) – Paul adding the “Volume 1” to keep options open for a second volume in the future - is a diverse selection of sounds

William Tyler - New Vanitas (RSD 2021) Hamish Hawk describingThis is a Record Store Day 2021 release. The concept of vanitas in medieval art refers to the juxtaposition of macabre symbols of death with material ephemera in order to illustrate the impermanence of earthly things. What struck me about this was not the representation of death in a macabre morbid way, but rather that very sense of ephemerality and impermanence. Reading an article about the history of ephemera in art led me to the concept of vanitas,