The 50 Best Albums of 2020 So Far
Even in the coronavirus-shortened record release schedule of 2020, the year has offered a mountainous feast of sublime music. The 50 best albums of 2020 so far are an eclectic and increasingly "woke" bunch.
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Inventions’ ‘Continuous Portrait’ Blurs the Grandiose and the Intimate
Explosions in the Sky and Eluvium side project, Inventions are best when they are navigating the distinction between modes in real-time on Continuous Portrait.
Inventions Conjure Mystery and Hope with the Intensely Creative ‘Continuous Portrait’
Instrumental duo Matthew Robert Cooper (Eluvium) and Mark T. Smith (Explosions in the Sky) release their first album in five years as Inventions. Continuous Portrait is both sonically thrilling and oddly soothing.
Inventions: Blanket Waves
While Eluvium's sound used to have a cathartic bent to it, Matthew Cooper has been increasingly pushing his sound into intellectual territory.
Inventions: Inventions
Inventions places Eluvium’s lush, electronic ambience alongside Explosions in the Sky’s sense of space and tension.