Bleep

Since the release of the genre-defining 'Marking Time', the music of Richard Skelton has been widely celebrated for its raw, organic beauty, its honesty and restraint. 'Landings' is the culmination of four years recording on the moors and hillsides of Northern England. And so we are taken on a sonic trek across the threshold of 'Noon Hill Wood', with its achingly beautiful interleaved bowed melodies. From there we move to a crushing Eno-esque ballad for concertina, recorded by the banks of a stream as ice melts one wintry morning. Slowly, over the course of its 70+ minutes, Skelton opens the heart of his compositional skill with an album so involving and inherently moving.