The transcontinental duo 230 Divisadero make stately, finely crafted atmospheric songs that stand outside the bounds of contemporary musical trends. Their self released langorous drone ep has drawn comparisons to SunnO))) and Nurse With Wound. On their self titled full length debut, the duo of Britain's Matt Shaw (Tex la Homa) and Monaco's Nick Grey have honed in the wide audio brush strokes of their ep and have produced one of the finest blends of Brian Eno inspired art song we've heard in years. 230 Divisadero is simultaneously refreshing and reminiscent of classic acts like Talk Talk & New Zealand's sterling & sadly underrecognized act This Kind of Punishment.
Praise for A Vision of Lost Unity
I was reminded of some of Richard Chamberlain’s hypnotic encounters with the aboriginees in Peter Weir’s “The Last Wave.” There’s a metalic industrial sheen to some of the middle passages that again invoke cinematic images, this time of the barren landscape...