***CHECK STOCK!!! Received a 7.8 rating from Pitchfork. Based in Montreal, Kyle Bobby Dunn has been producing elegant and refined works of ambient minimalism for the better part of a decade. His two lengthy and critically lauded collections for the Low Point label, A Young Person s Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn and Bring Me the Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn, established him as a force to be reckoned with in the current epoch of drone / ambient music. Indeed, his compositions offer listeners wonder, sadness and pathos in equal measure, and are executed with a precision and effortlessness that eludes many musicians working in the genre. Kyle Bobby Dunn and the Infinite Sadness is undoubtedly his most focused and emotionally charged work thus far, a rich, expansive collection of slowly unfurling beauty that stretches out over the course of more than two hours. Dunn s trademark guitar swells and slow-moving loops feel clearer and have a renewed sense of purpose and poise. He recorded source material for the album in various Canadian towns, including Belleville and Dorset, and processed and arranged the recordings at L auberge de Dunn Studios in Montreal while, in his own words, reflecting heavily on the gorgeous feet of a certain French woman and binging on strong beer and cheese. From the opening salvo, Ouverture de Peter Hodge Transport, Dunn establishes a haunting, lovelorn trajectory that is developed through the strikingly beautiful Boring Foothills of Foot Fetishville and the poignant closer And the Day Is Dunn and I Can Only Think of You, titles that exhibit well his trademark sense of (black) humor. Kyle Bobby Dunn and the Infinite Sadness is a powerful statement, the artist s most complex, complete and accessible album to date.
