Ended the weekend and welcomed the week after my swim with A Winged Victory for the Sullen the eponymous debut studio album by the ambient music duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen. It was released on 8 September 2011 on Erased Tapes Records and Kranky...

The album's sound was defined by its various writing and recording environments, which included the use of large reverberant spaces. Dustin O'Halloran sought out a selection of nine-foot grand pianos–including a 1950s imperial Bösendorfer piano and a handmade Fazioli–and performed in these spaces to "deliver extreme sonic low end". Adam Wiltzie's "drifting guitar washed melodies" were also noted as juxtaposing the more-traditional instrumentation, such as cello, violin, viola, harp, French horn and bassoon - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDvtuEQ1LvE&list=RDXDvtuEQ1LvE&start_radio=1

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