A drifty loop of melodic percussive tones runs through “Do You Feel My Love” to ground the arcs and swells of synth and impressionistic vocals. It feels like a journey flying through breeze swept landscapes in a dream but cross over into the hypnogogic state and wake briefly with memories of the experience and your brain misses the feeling enough to take you back in and you’re able to flying again into skies of permanent twilight. The band’s new album Reincarnation feels like many of the songs are opening up beautiful, buried memories of subconscious experiences that remind us of mysterious depths of the universe and existence that are not part of the our logical, linear experience of what we perceive as reality during our waking hours. In that way the music operates much as does that of Boards of Canada—tapping into the part of our brains where emotion, memory and imagination combine to shape our associations of experiences. In doing so, drawing forth a sense of tranquility and wonder. By naming the album as they did, STK Sound are clearly giving reference to knowledge of experiences beyond the limitations of the current manifestation of this mortal coil. Give “Do You Feel My Love” and the rest of the album if you’re so inclined a listen below.
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