Nieuwjaarsduik by Maria Afonso

We all need some quiet in our lives. And this is the record for such an angst-ridden hour (Q1 2021, Common Era).

Maria Afonso's Rinse trades heavy atmospheric sounds against simple harmonic shifts and tentative, half-picked out melodies, whether on guitar or piano. There is a thickness of sound and a delightfully sluggish sensibility - why it reminds me a wee bit of Eno's Thursday Afternoon at times, I couldn't say. I'm not complaining though. It's one of those records that don't really need writing about but end up getting played over and over, despite yourself.

Tracklist

1.	Duik	5:00

2.	Ochtendgloren	4:18

3.	Væggerløse	2:25

4.	Het Orkest stemt in de toonsoort D Majeur	2:08

5.	Getij	2:38

6.	Ecologie	2:24

7.	Lydbølge	3:49

Credits

released January 23, 2021

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.