Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry Unveils Details Of New Solo Album 'Quiet River of Dust Vol. 1'
Monday, 30 July 2018
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Susan Moss
Richard Reed Parry has shared the details of his new album.
The Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist will put out 'Quiet River of Dust Vol. 1', part one of a two instalment series, on September 21, the autumnal equinox. The second is set to arrive on the spring equinox of 2019.
A press release describes the record as "a dreamlike journey of immersive, gently psychedelic songs inspired by Japanese death poems and the folk music of the British Isles." The seed for the tracks dates back to Arcade Fire’s first tour of Japan over 10 years ago. Reed explained:
“The song ‘On the Ground’ was inspired by an encounter with ghost voices in a Japanese forest near a temple on the mountain Koya-Sān. I told director Caleb Wood the story - of being alone in this magical environment of giant cedar trees and hearing a loud chorus of powerful harmony singing that sounded inexplicably identical to my late father’s folk band the Friends of Fiddler’s Green, who were the soundtrack to my entire childhood and upbringing."
“I’m lousy at sitting still and being nothing. But being out in the natural world or being immersed in music is the meditation for me. That’s the heart of this record: the experience of transcending the place that you’re in, getting lost in the feeling of where you end and where the world begins, in a dreamlike world of music and thought.”
The first two songs to be shared from the LP are Sai No Kawara (River of Death) and On the Ground. Check out a joint video for them below.
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