Mute Forest Riderstorm CD

2020 release. There is a moment early on in Riderstorm where a submarine-like pulse swells, then fades into the void. "Truth is a wave," Kael Smith pronounces, "A rave I just can't hear." On Smith's second album under the Mute Forest moniker, truth seems to slip in and out of his hands like a moth. Amongst the album's ten sonically rich and verdant songs produced by Mike Bridavsky (Magnolia Electric Co, Rivulets) these moments of clarity are bountiful; textural brush strokes strip away, the lens focuses in, and with a magnifying glass the listener peers directly into Smith's vulnerability.

1. Morning Guitar 2. The Wave 3. Dance the Spell Off 4. Crater Laugh 5. Rider Storm 6. Return 7. Atoms Falling 8. The Riven Sun 9. Blue Chamber 10. Helio Gap