Membranes by Memorybell
'Membranes' is the 5th LP by American ambient artist Memorybell. After three previous releases of modular synth-based daydreams, multi-instrumentalist Grant Hazard Outerbridge returns to his roots with seven meditative piano pieces, his first album of solo piano since 'Obsolete' (2016).
The album explores the liminal regions associated with pain. Between December 2020 and November 2021, Outerbridge was in excruciating pain caused by the side effects of various medications. He underwent multiple surgeries and spent much of the year incapacitated in bed. 'Membranes' - a reference to staring through pain while imagining one is somewhere else - is the result. The songs were recorded at home, and their physical spaces are blended with unreal ones, to mimic the experience of being in two places at once, one real and one imagined.
Tracklist
| 1. | Membranes | 5:57 |
| 2. | Barely There | 3:20 |
| 3. | Circling | 4:45 |
| 4. | An Empty Center | 7:20 |
| 5. | Shapeless Thoughts | 5:15 |
| 6. | Without End | 4:48 |
| 7. | Yearn For Sleep | 7:30 |
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Memorybell is a project from classically trained pianist Grant Hazard Outerbridge that explores the emotional and environmental possibilities of ambient music. His releases are simultaneously cinematic and intimate, evoking solitude and yearning, affliction and recovery.