The Wood Beyond the World, by The Floating World

The Wood Beyond the World

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	1.	In a Land of Silver Rain 05:51
	2.	Amidst the Wild Wood 07:18
	3.	An Omen of Song Comes With the Wind 06:48
	4.	Where You Wait 06:38
	5.	Beneath the Desert Solitude of the Sky 06:44
	6.	To Lay Flowers at His Feet 07:21
	7.	Stars and Gleaming Leaves 06:06
	8.	As Ghosts Are Said To Do 07:53

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The Japanese term ‘ukiyo,’ translated as ‘the floating world,’ was used to describe the pleasure seeking urban culture of Edo Japan. When alternately rendered as ‘sorrowful world’ the term took on Buddhist connotations, indicating the transitory nature of human experience, the ephemerality of existence. These two seemingly opposed yet sympathetic concepts have always heavily informed the music of The Floating World and each album has been created with these as central themes. Named for a novel by William Morris, The Wood Beyond the World is The Floating World’s latest album and an attempt to capture the journey from the mundane to the illusory made by the novel’s protagonist – a journey that reflects the hunt for the temporal and intangible the band’s name intimates. With the addition of Neddal Ayad (guitar; Desolation Singers/Great Attractor) and Grey Malkin (drones, bells, piano; The Hare and the Moon), as full members who have brought additional nuance to the music, this ambition is more fully realized. Amanda’s delicate, melancholy flute parts now weave in and out of Neddal’s hazy guitar and Grey’s eerie and dissonant accompaniments – the whole underpinned by various rough field recordings used to compliment and counterpoint the music. Roy Felps (Korperschwache) also guests on the album, adding drifting acoustic guitar to a song.

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released October 9, 2013

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