Other Lives - Volume V [LP]

The latest chapter in the ongoing story of Other Lives, their fifth record is full of magnificent musical and emotional depth. The majority of the album was recorded in The Sheerar, a former church that is now the Stillwater History Museum. The Sheerar’s acoustics partly account forthe album’s more cathedral-esque take on Other Lives’ signature sound, which has the roots in a form of Americana but expanded via classical and post-classical forms. From the first notes of the opening track "Mystic," it’s clear that the cinematic breadth of their arrangements and melodies has risen several dynamic notches, with more towering drama across the album’s ten songs. Evidence of the band’s hunger to keep progressing while retaining the essence of what makes Other Lives so unique and irresistible.