Every moment is a gift. Every moment has richness, complexity and uniqueness. Once it's gone, cannot be recovered. Can you be present? Can you open up and appreciate it in all its fullness, both ugliness and confusion and beauty and joy? The members of the psychedelic rock quintet GIFT, de Brooklyn, NY, they think you can. Momentary Presence, su Álbum debut, is a chronicle of that search and a celebration of the eternal now.
Those teachings, excerpted from Be Here Now, the spiritual guide and landmark of the counterculture of 1971 by guru Ram Dass, seem especially relevant in 2022. The leader of the band GIFT, TJ Fred, He applied those lessons to his own search for peace. He has discovered transcendence through music: He and his bandmates Jessica Gurewitz, Kallan Campbell, Justin Hrabovsky and Gabe Camarano have a gift for conjuring soundscapes that are both turbulent and beautiful. In the middle of these mixes is Freda himself., dominating the storm, lighting lamps in the midst of confusion, singing about psychic destabilization and the search for balance, with a voice that seems like a caress.
He debut LP by GIFT, Momentary Presence, fits perfectly with the new record label co-founded by Oliver Ackermann, member of New York noise rock and psychedelia legends A Place to Bury Strangers and Death by Audio. Now on sale through Dedstrange. Pitchfork 7.2: «Inspired by several decades of psychedelic music, The Brooklyn project's debut album addresses introspective feelings through expansive, transportive sounds..
