{"id":1932,"date":"2014-09-05T09:36:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T13:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:54:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T15:54:44","slug":"zammuto-anchor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/zammuto-anchor\/","title":{"rendered":"Zammuto <br>Anchor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/zammuto-anchor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1933\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/zammuto-anchor.jpg\" alt=\"Zammuto, Anchor\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/zammuto-anchor.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/zammuto-anchor-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Nick Zammuto is no stranger to the ethereal. Since he started working under his surname, he has delved into copious amounts of atmospherics. Physically, the former member of The Books has resided in a home recording studio in rural Vermont that he largely built himself (presumably the snowed-in shack on his latest&#8217;s cover), and the locale may have shaped the sonic space on his self-titled debut and his new album, <i>Anchor<\/i> (Temporary Residence Ltd.), as they also feel comfortably homegrown. On <i>Anchor<\/i>, physical acts become manipulated sounds, like the drop of a needle on a vinyl record becoming the percussive basis on \u201cGreat Equator.\u201d The album\u2019s textures are distantly familiar, sinking the listener in otherwordly sounds while keeping a grounded foot in our dimension.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison to The Books, Zammuto is often depicted as utilizing conventional songwriting. But while that seemed certain on &lt;i&gt;Zammuto&lt;\/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Anchor&lt;\/i&gt; strays from that template. On \u201cHegemony,\u201d a pair of verses bookend a syllabic chorus chant of the title. The only differentiation in \u201cNeed Some Sun\u201d\u2014the \u201cGoing to California\u201d song of the record\u2014is the vocal melody pinned above bassist and brother Mikey Zammuto&#8217;s relentless bassline. It becomes increasingly apparent that Nick Zammuto&#8217;s actual words often take a sort of back burner on the record. As such, &lt;i&gt;Anchor&lt;\/i&gt; becomes a study in subtle nuance.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;i&gt;Anchor&#8217;s&lt;\/i&gt; resounding tones make for a cerebral experience. Even when the album becomes repetitious\u2014and its rhythm section does so frequently\u2014the created entrancement allows all of the minute qualities to become more apparent. The spacey motif of \u201cGood Graces\u201d runs through the entirety of the track, but cuts out a minute before its end as vast swaths of bass tone and feathery lines from Snowblink&#8217;s Daniela Gesundheit creep in. \u201cYour Time\u201d has a similar timbre, though it&#8217;s backed with an outright beautiful, lonesome melody from Zammuto that recalls \u201cIdiom Wind\u201d from the debut. It reverberates as if played in a cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>Zammuto excels in crafting heady music, though that&#8217;s not exactly what &lt;i&gt;Anchor&lt;\/i&gt; is completely. \u201cIO\u201d is full of swirling, Head Hunters\u2013style rhythms and Jack White\u2013channeling vocals. Album closer and aptly titled \u201cCode Breaker\u201d has a loading screen feel, almost like an organic piece of vaporwave. These are clear standouts, and undoubtedly \u201cIO\u201d will garner most of the album&#8217;s recognition. 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