Echolocations: Canyon
Studio album by
Andrew Bird
Released2015
GenreNew age
Length50:55
LabelWegawam Music Co.
Andrew Bird chronology
Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…
(2014) 		Echolocations: Canyon
(2015) 		Are You Serious
(2016)

Echolocations: Canyon is an instrumental album by American violinist Andrew Bird and is his ninth solo studio album. It was recorded inside the Coyote Gulch canyons of Utah,[1] and is intended as the first in a five-part Echolocations series. Echolocations: River was released October 6, 2017, and there are plans for City, Lake, and Forest installments.[1][2]

Critical reception

Most critics acknowledged the experimental nature of Echolocations: Canyon.[1][3] Sputnikmusic gave the album a rating of 3.5/5, and wrote that "if you enjoy music that symbolizes nature and even incorporates sonic elements of it in the recording, you will find this album to be amazingly transcendental."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sweep the Field"7:14
2."Groping the Dark"10:43
3."Rising Water"5:09
4."Antrozous"7:06
5."The Return of Yawny"3:47
6."Before the Germans Came"8:04
7."The Canyon Wants to Hear C Sharp"8:52
Total length:50:55

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Andrew Bird – Echolocations: Canyon" Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ "In the music spotlight: Andrew Bird". 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ Ray Finlayson, Album review Archived 2015-03-27 at the Wayback Machine, Unrecorded, 26 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
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