It Will Become Itself

by Whale Fall

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zendude Post rock/ meets jazz with classical instruments and long ambient moments
A free flowing body of work. The just drifts along and before you know the album is over. Not because of the length but it just engulfs you. A stunner Favorite track: El Caracol.

pinkcat55 every time listening to this album I discovered something new and fantastic. And I listen to it 3-5 times per day since its appearance ...

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1.	It Will Become Itself 03:29		buy track
2.	El Caracol 18:02		buy track
3.	The Well 04:10		buy track
4.	A Street Scene 07:22		buy track
5.	Pacific 08:37		buy track
6.	It Will Become Itself - Full Album Sequence 41:42	info	buy track

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We inadvertently recorded this album, titled It Will Become Itself, the evening of June 4, 2018, during one of the rare times all five of us were in Los Angeles. We had a few basic ideas we wanted to try out and, per our usual procedure, launched into a mutual improvisation, which we recorded as nothing more than a reference for further composition and arranging. After the session we all agreed that this was a particularly good take and would be valuable for a future project.

While going through the archives several months later, we rediscovered the nearly-forgotten recording from that night. We were surprised at what we heard: here was an entire record in embryonic form, recorded in a single 38-minute take. The consonance and connection of the playing caught our attention. Absent the self-consciousness that goes along with recording an album or even playing a show, we had cut loose and just let things flow. The musical negotiations gave rise to some unexpected and beautiful moments. The imperfections added rather than taking away.

We decided to take this roughly recorded session and apply some polish. Gradually, over the course of a year, we shaped the finished album out of this single take. A couple of the very talented musicians we have collaborated with in the past came through with some stunning improvisations of their own. Finally, we added a short piano piece that had also been recorded spontaneously without intention of release. As the title track, “It Will Become Itself” can be considered both a prelude and prologue to the two longer improvised album sides. The resulting album is intended as a single continuous piece of music in five movements. The title arose during a conversation with a friend about the creative process and seemed an apt description of how the album came to be.

This far less methodical approach to composition was a departure from the more structured recording studio sessions of our previous records, and a fortuitous chance to continue pursuing new creative pathways and song forms. There was no roadmap for this album, and we were willing to accept the imperfections that come along with spontaneity. The music recorded that June night was only a moment in time, but we’re excited to share what we’ve been able to distill from it.

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released March 27, 2020

Personnel
Aaron Farinelli: Drums & Percussion 
Ali Vazin: Electric Guitar 
Dave Pomeranz: Electric Guitar 
Erik Tokle: Bass & Electric Guitars, Ambient Moog 
J. Matt Greenberg: Keyboards, Cornet, Flugelhorn 

Featuring 
Artyom Manukyan: Cello 
Daniel Rotem: Tenor Saxophone & Flute  

Performed by Whale Fall, June 4, 2018, Los Angeles, CA
 Produced by Erik Tokle & Whale Fall 
Engineered by Erik Tokle & Aaron Farinelli 
Mixed by Erik Tokle  at Ghost Factory
Mastered by Pete Lymon at Infrasonic Sound 
Cover Design by Whale Fall

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Whale Fall Los Angeles, California

Based in Los Angeles, California, Whale Fall is an instrumental post-rock group featuring traditional rock instrumentation interfused with more pastoral strokes of piano, cello, brass, and occasional analog synth.

Their first two LPs and newest release "Sondersongs" are available here at Bandcamp in vinyl, CD, and digital formats. ... more

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