Lichens
Omns
Kranky 2007

01. Vevor of Agassou
02. Faeries
03. Bune
04. M St r ng W tchcr ft L v ng n Sp r t
05. SighnI

The second long player from Lichens, like his first, the largely improvised The Psychic Nature of Being, is an ascent to a higher plane. Rob Lowe's sound recordings are of a distinctly personal nature, works turned inward as much as they are projected outward. Omns was conceived with the idea of it being a continuation of the first, while using slightly different techniques in recording and editing; from multitracking individual passes, and pulling single tracks in and out of the mix, to opening up into a completely different process by overdubbing multiple tracks. All this while remaining within the realm of improvisation, augmented with the use of skeletal frameworks...

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Lichens launches skyward eerie, hymnal moans; atomized guitar chords; and meditative Fahey-esque fingerpicking... and the special knowledge to which only the most spiritual cats are privy. -Dave Segal, "The Stranger"