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2023, 12″ mini LP, Forever Living Originals.
The mysterious London-based music collective Sault are in the process of reissuing their first five albums on vinyl, in full, after they were released as a free digital download in late 2022. AIIR is among the lesser-cited of the quintuplet bunch, being a five track EP and sequel to their sixth album AIR. Providing a rapturous counterpoint to that album while building on its choral themes, this LP could consist of anything from outtakes from the making of AIR to true reprises; it’s hard to tell. What we do know is that the music here would have been as equally suited to the high-flung parabolae of grandiose mid-century American filmmaking as it now is for the modern music lover. Pieces like ‘Still Waters’ and ‘God’s Will’ – with their divine harp flourishes, choirs of angels, and complex string and timpani movements – are evocative enough to recall sublime pastoral classics like Watership Down or A Matter Of Life And Death – not just UK music royalty. – Juno
