Chris Abrahams, Clayton Thomas, Miles Thomas - WORDS FAIL. 2LP
Clear Double LP: 45rpm
Deluxe film-laminated 'Tip-On' gatefold
Limited to 200 copies worldwide
Includes download card
The debut release from the trio of Chris Abrahams (piano), Clayton Thomas (bass & preparations), & Miles Thomas (drums & percussion), Words Fail is an intergenerational meeting of the minds.
Despite the quintessential trio format, the sound world subverts the instrumentation across four expansive improvisations. Beginning with a lone piano note, repeating like droplets of water on a glassy lake, the interwoven textures of Clayton Thomas’ prepared double-bass & Miles Thomas’ foley-like percussion - sounding on occasion like something out of Xenakis’ Pithoprakta - soon attempt to pull things into deeper, darker waters.
- Recorded by Richard Belkner at Free Energy Device, Sydney
- Mixed by Miles Thomas
- Mastered & cut by Helmut Erler D&M, Berlin
- Painting by Amanda Tsioutis
- Design & layout by WBYK
