Released
1998
Label
AdAstra
Reviewed by
Kim Alexander
Visit
AdAstra Records
Last Edit/Update
26 January, 1999
Falling You
Mercy
Track Listing
1. Prelude
2. When Will It End?
3. No Voice
4. Lament
5. Mercy
6. The Dream Begins
7. Halloween
8. Running Still
9. The Dream Ends
10. Glacier
11. Feathered
12. Reprise
Out of AdAstra
Records, Ohio, Falling You has blended superb and very beautiful dark
sonic-ambient melody and mysterious aural events to create Mercy. Jennifer
Peaks vocals are intensely emotional, rich and not surprising, honest when combined
with lyrics that resonate with suggestions of aching, pain, loss, anger and dreams.
The music behind the vocals and lyrics are incredible. Synths, chimes, percussion,
piano, samples, rattles and programming by John Michael Zorko, which add a great
deal of dimension of space, harmony, melody and emotion to a dark yet hopeful sign of
peace and relief.
The CD cover sleeve thanks a number of excellent artists such as Ambient
Temple of Imagination (Seofon), Lycia, (Mike and Tara), Totemplow
(Chad), and Snowblind (David Galas), which denotes some of the fine influences in
Falling You's world.
This release doesn't necessarily fit into any specific genre, but it
does bridge the void between dark ambient synth, gothic dabble, and melodic
electro-experimental. Mercy is in fact a tear jerker for the listener who is
in touch with their more emotional melancholia, yet it's also a beautiful and well
composed work of aural art.
Thank you AdAstra and Falling You for sending this music to
me. Mercy is a revealing retreat into my own memories and perhaps yours as well.
Beautiful, chilling and hauntingly calming.
