Released: March 3, 2015
tracklist:
01. Morning
02. Sun
03. Pyramid
04. You're On My Mind
05. Juki
06. Spare the Thought
07. Talk Show
08. Ease
09. Width
Au.Ra
Jane's Lament | FLT-021
Jane's Lament, a work which carefully envelops the listener in dreamy hues of sound was made over the course of two years. The album was birthed from improvised jams the pair play over droning guitars and looped drum beats. Tracks like “Sun,” and “Pyramid” emerge slowly out of interplays between simple melodies and layered, reverbed instrumentation.
Au.Ra's “emotive soundscapes” perfectly encase their non-traditional pop songwriting, like on highlight “Morning,” where shimmering guitar riffs transport you to a serene, meditative realm. Their repetitive lyrics belie this easy transcendence, sometimes even verging on incantation. These songs evoke a languid drive along a bending highway in autumn, the scenery and light shifting ever so slowly out the windows. As the sun sets earlier, this is an album to savor with the dying light.