“Veta” is one of those albums you can just get lost in. Vast
soundscapes of drone, modern composition and ambient unfold over four nebulous
tracks that establish American musician Zach Frizzell as one of the genre’s
most exciting artists. He paints layer upon layer of evocative twilight hues
onto the canvas of ‘Veta’, creating a sense of ebb and flow as if these tracks
were alive, the slow breaths of a sleeping giant slumbering beneath the
surface, dreaming up sad memories that rise like a miasma. All of this is
captured in synths and sound manipulation, embedded in a smooth production that
somehow exudes a timeless quality. It’s not just the sound that’s timeless;
‘Veta’ feels as if it exists outside of time altogether, as if the beginning of
existence was the first sound of this album. Frizzell achieves this by working
with cassette decks and organic sounds, but in a way that renders everything
unrecognisable, turning ‘Veta’ into an ocean to fall into and get lost in.
Forever.
Veta
