There is something about the first track 'Creeping into dusk' that instantly grabbed my attention with its haunted voices and string section that submerges the listener completely. What is noticeable however, and certainly different from previous works, is the artist's focus on classical drone and ambient stylings. Simmons achieves a very interesting album, where he explores with sonic landscapes with a subtley and maturity. References such as Mogwai and Sigur Rós fit perfectly. 'Follow the Dark as if it were Light' is what can be called a classic Post-Rock album, it has all the necessary ingredients to be so the prominence of a repeating guitar, the ever increasing tension brought about by the rhythmic structure, even the name of the tracks and album. Having released a six track EP - 'How They Grow', full length LP 'What We Left Behind', as well as collaborations with Franz Kirmann and Codes in the Cloud, Simmons now comes to Audiobulb. "It's not often music so quiet and seemingly understated has the capacity to envelop the listener's mind so completely within a matter of a couple of minutes, prompting them - quite unwittingly - to stop everything and simply listen, mouth half-open, rapt by the sheer beauty of the sound." 9/10 WHISPERIN & HOLLERINĪ Dancing Beggar is the moniker of Brighton based artist James Simmons. "Beautifully delicate, moody and deeply poignant" 4.5/5 IS THIS MUSIC "nothing is over done or added unnecessarily resulting in a touching serenity overall." FUTURE SEQUENCE Drifting and dreamy and teaming, once again, a talented, if niche pair together." SUBBA CULTCHA Though frankly it succeeds for this subdued feeling with which it hypnotises.
However while the mood and tempo endure this could lead to the recording being deemed as as light in substance as it is in acoustics. "Along with the unembellished musical accompaniment from Hildur Gudnadottir and Chester Desmond on cello and violin respectively, it is the vocals provided by Acda that successfully colour With Our Heads.'s hazy soundscape, her icy and yet somehow sweet falsetto injecting both a heavenly appeal and cold isolation to the transcendental climes.
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