Fire!   She Sleeps, She Sleeps
3.7
great
Release Date: 2016
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4.5 superbAlabaster Jones | April 26th 16

Fire!, the famed Swedish jazz trio central to the experimental big band ensemble Fire! Orchestra, turns in a delicate, dark, very tense, and occasionally dissonant performance of the avant-garde with She Sleeps, She Sleeps. It's definitely a slow burner, but it's remarkably nuanced and the constant feeling of anxiety felt throughout the album with only minimal breaks ("She Bid A Meaningless Farewell") means that the listener never feels disengaged or bored with it in the slightest. The dissonance is brought on heavily in the title-track, with Mats Gustafsson's saxophone seemingly flailing in the otherwise minute atmosphere set up by the easy bass and light drumming. It's a very patient album as well, as heard during the closing piece "She Penetrates The Distant Silence. Slowly", an extremely slow-moving and incredibly on-edge song that doesn't skimp on build-up or climax, resulting in one of darkest, most anxious jazz songs this year. Truly, Fire! is a trio to be reckoned with when they put together albums such as this.

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2.2 poorErwann S. EMERITUS | October 10th 24

Fire! (and its Orchestra) either crafts records that bore me to death, or absolute bangers. This one falls in the first category, its doomy free dark jazz meandering without my (short???) patience being ever rewarded.

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