Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall explained

Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall
Type:studio
Artist:Cul de Sac
Cover:Cul de Sac - Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall.jpg
Released:May 4, 1999
Recorded:– at Sound Station Seven, Providence, Rhode Island
Genre:Post-rock
Length:72:54
Label:Thirsty Ear
Producer:Jon Williams
Prev Title:The Epiphany of Glenn Jones
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Immortality Lessons
Next Year:2002

Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall is the fourth album by Cul de Sac, released in 1999 through Thirsty Ear Recordings.[1]

Reception

Seth Mnookin from CMJ New Music Report wrote that "Cul De Sac is exciting, adventurous and vital, as it proves once again on the excellent Crashes To Light. Once again, Glenn Jones is a constant marvel, one minute threading his pointillist lead lines through a series of melodic shifts and the next searing the listener with an eruption of squalls reminiscent of Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Westerns [...] Crashes To Light also features the rest of Cul De Sac in rare form".[2]

Mark Richardson from Pitchfork wrote "What makes Crashes stand out among the boring noodlers that have sprung from the indie rock woodwork? It's the fact that the sounds they make conjure such clear pictures—the sound of the cinema [...] Of course, it wouldn't be an instrumental rock album without a couple of flat-out snoozers, and the record has exactly two—not exactly a bad ratio in this genre [...] This is music that grows on you, a keeper."

Personnel

Cul de Sac
Production and additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terry . Rompers . Cul de Sac . . 2007 . April 2, 2013.
  2. Mnookin . Seth . August 1999 . CUL DE SAC Crashes To Light Minutes To The Fall . 19 May 2024 . . 43 . 72.