Submers

Submers is the second album from the Vancouver-based Scott Morgan, aka Loscil. All of the tracks are named after submarines; the final cut being a requiem for the crew of the ill-fated Russian nuclear vessel, Kursk. Recorded at home on computer with samples and keyboards used as sound sources, Submers is rife with source-less echoes, steely surfaces, and ominous melodic and rhythmic undertows. The sifted melodies are layered over muffled, clicking, and pulsing rhythm tracks with an appropriately aquatic feel to the entire album.