 | Fire! She Sleeps, She Sleeps
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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster 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 poor | Erwann 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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| 4.0 excellent | qyxxxyq | April 9th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | May 9th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | February 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Yotimi | April 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | colo | February 10th 17 |
| 3.0 good | adr | January 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chortles | December 23rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | acmolan | December 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | nolanzz | December 17th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | loulou | December 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | October 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | September 5th 16 |
| 2.5 average | oli89 | June 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | April 19th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | robin | March 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Runeii | March 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rail | March 12th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Jade | March 11th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | paheru | March 2nd 16 |
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