Everything Was Different Yesterday, by Ben McElroy & A Spot On The Hill

Everything Was Different Yesterday

by Ben McElroy & A Spot On The Hill

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TheSlowMusicMovement I'm very proud to present the new LP from Ben McElroy & A Spot On The Hill today. After teasing you with 4 singles it's now time to fall into the LPs warm, minimal, neoclassical embrace. It's a place for contemplation & perhaps even introspection, with Dan's succinct piano accentuating Ben's strings & soundscaping to new sonic heights. Nothing happens quickly, but everything happens for a reason - I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Elysian Fields - KXCI 91.3 FM A lush mental-palate-cleanser of an album. Highly recommend. Favorite track: Journal in the Drawer.

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1.	Pardon the Garden 03:40	buy track
2.	Journal in the Drawer 02:26	buy track
3.	The Wilder We Became 03:20	buy track
4.	Waltz for an Imagined Past 02:29	buy track
5.	Moving to the Mountains 02:39	buy track
6.	Tar Sands 03:26	buy track
7.	Fog Hangs Low This Morning 02:04	buy track
8.	Where The Birds Still Sing 04:26	buy track
9.	Everything Was Different Yesterday 02:45	buy track
10.	A New Light 02:10	buy track

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Top music mag from Italy: musicwontsaveyou.com/2023/03/10/ben-mcelroy-a-spot-on-the-hill-everything-was-different-yesterday/

From their respective home studios separated by the Atlantic Ocean, Ben McElroy (U.K.) and A Spot on the Hill (U.S.) have created an enchanting album that blends folk, ambient, neoclassical minimalism and drone.

It started in December 2021 with a message from A Spot on the Hill’s Dan Cook to Ben McElroy proposing a collaboration. By the start of 2022, the two were trading recordings of drones, strings and piano. Ben would take a simple piano part from Dan and improvise multiple layers of cello, violin, viola and clarinet parts to accompany it, as well as adding mysterious drones and found sounds. Dan would sift through the accreted layers of sound, chiseling away at some so as to reveal the beauty of others. Then, back to Ben, who masterfully sculpted the evolving pieces into cohesive artistic statements.

Other times, Ben would send Dan a starting point — an ambient drone mix or a collection of layered string parts. Dan would listen for the key and the pulse, then sit down at the piano. Again, back to Ben, who further refined the mix.

Everything was Different Yesterday is born out of the mutual admiration of two artists, and it reflects both their similarities and their differences. McElroy brings endless melodic motifs, versatility on multiple instruments and a special gift for texture, while Cook brings a penchant for intimate, sparingly constructed musical architecture. Everything was Different Yesterday sounds like both of the artists who made it — and like something else entirely.

If you would like a CD of this release then head over to Ben McElroy's Bandcamp page: benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/album/everything-was-different-yesterday

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released March 8, 2023

Ben McElroy - cello, violin, viola, clarinet, found sounds, drone (benjaminmcelroy.com)
Dan Cook - piano, violin (aspotonthehill.com)
Mastering: Ian Hawgood (www.homenormal.com)
Artwork: Harriet Clare (www.harrietclare.com)

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