Frozen Bloom by Olhava
Frozen Bloom is our fourth album where we took some different routes compositionally. Two of four tracks are traditionally storm-like blackgaze passages and another two are leaning towards more meditative drone experience.
It is about unfulfilled dreams. About how we sacrifice everything today for some abstract “tomorrow” which may never come. But tomorrow and yesterday don’t exist – only this very moment of static contemplation.
When winter is just starting to fade and give some space for a spring’s first steps, when first life starts to reappear and the very early flowers peek through the thawing soil a sudden shift in temperature can leave them petrified and frozen back again like being punished by the Queen of Fields. This statuesque dead beauty, being infinitely alive and dead at the same time is Frozen Bloom.
We got a chance to collaborate with A. Lunn (appearing courtesy of Bindrune records) who kindly agreed to record an electric guitar solo as well as acoustic parts and choral parts on Frozen Bloom I
Tracklist
| 1. | The Queen Of Fields | 20:16 |
| 2. | Adrift | 7:41 |
| 3. | Frozen Bloom I | 14:43 |
| 4. | Frozen Bloom II | 16:22 |
Credits
Recording, mixing and mastering by Mihail Kurochkin
Cover art by Daniel Teisakowski (@daniel_tskwsk)
Guest electric guitar, acoustic guitar, square neck resonator guitar and choral vocals - A. Lunn (Appearing courtesy of Bindrune recordings)
Physical release via Avantgarde music
Cassette release by Slowsnow records
