Endless Falls

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Endless Falls
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Studio album by
Loscil
ReleasedMarch 2, 2010 (2010-03-02)
Genre Ambient [1]
Length61:56
Label Kranky
Producer Scott Morgan
Loscil chronology
Plume
(2006)		Endless Falls
(2010)		Coast / Range / Arc
(2011)

Endless Falls is a studio album by Canadian composer and record producer Scott Morgan under the pseudonym Loscil. [2] It was released on March 2, 2010, through Kranky. It received generally favorable reviews from critics. [3]

Contents

Background

Endless Falls is Loscil's first studio album since Plume (2006). [4] It is his fifth studio album for Kranky. [5] Daniel Bejar of Destroyer provides guest vocals on the album's final song "The Making of Grief Point". [6] The album also features contributions from Kim Koch (on violin), Robert Sparks (on violin and bass recorder), and Jason Zumpano (on piano). [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Cokemachineglow 77% [8]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [1]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spectrum Culture3.5/5 [10]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Endless Falls received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 8 critic scores. [3]

Brock Thiessen of Exclaim! described the album as "one minimal and slow-moving piece of work, littered here and there with dub rhythms, piano keys and crackling glitches." [5] Heather Phares of AllMusic commented that "Endless Falls' mix of old and new maintains Morgan's reputation as one of the most consistent, and consistently interesting, producers out there." [4] Ian Mathers of PopMatters stated, "There's something appealing to art that suggests without dictating answers, and there's little to indicate that finding out what Morgan is actually up to would improve or change the richly textured, dubby ambience of his music." [9]

John Mulvey of Uncut placed Endless Falls at number 52 on his list of "The Wild Mercury Sound 100 of 2010". [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Scott Morgan, except the lyrics on "The Making of Grief Point" by Daniel Bejar.

Endless Falls track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Falls"7:55
2."Estuarine"8:20
3."Shallow Water Blackout"7:07
4."Dub for Cascadia"6:06
5."Fern and Robin"7:11
6."Lake Orchard"7:40
7."Showers of Ink"8:43
8."The Making of Grief Point"8:54
Total length:61:56

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Colly, Joe (March 31, 2010). "Loscil: Endless Falls". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Loscil". AllMusic . Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Endless Falls by Loscil". Metacritic . Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Phares, Heather. "Endless Falls - Loscil". AllMusic . Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Thiessen, Brock (March 1, 2010). "Loscil". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ Haddrill, Matthew (March 16, 2010). "Loscil – Endless Falls". The Line of Best Fit . Archived from the original on November 4, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Loscil (2010). Endless Falls (CD booklet). Kranky.
  8. ↑ Marsh, Calum (April 13, 2010). "Loscil: Endless Falls". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Mathers, Ian (August 29, 2010). "Loscil: Endless Falls". PopMatters . Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  10. ↑ Merline, Michael (March 17, 2010). "Loscil: Endless Falls". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  11. ↑ Unicornmang. "Loscil - Endless Falls". Tiny Mix Tapes . Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  12. ↑ Mulvey, John (December 21, 2010). "The Wild Mercury Sound 100 Of 2010". Uncut . Archived from the original on March 3, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2025.

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