“Spectre Music of an Antiquary” – Emit

I don’t quite recall how or where I first heard of Emit. It was either via the Crucial Blast Records website or from Zero Tolerance Magazine, but I do know that when I first heard “Spectre Music of an Antiquary” I was thoroughly pleased. Each song is like a portent of a slowly creeping doom which lurks in between our plane and the next. It’s easy to picture haunted moors, benighted castles crumbling in ruin in the English countryside, and ghostly figures floating in antiquated robes and garments lingering from ages past in a world now unfamiliar to them.

The sound is deep and resplendent with eerie resonance and the somber minimalism of cold winter nights illuminated by ghostly moonlight, a perfect album to sit down to with a glass of wine and a good book. “Spectre Music…” is dark, ominous, charming, and well-crafted dark ambient steeped in mystery and shrouded by gloomy atmosphere likely to arouse feelings of isolation and wonder in listeners. It is truly a magical experience and remains to date one of my very favorite albums.

Listen below:

Spectre Music of an Antiquary by EMIT