| Through Shaded Woods | ||||
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| Released | November 13, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | April 2019 – August 2020 | |||
| Studio | Serakos Studio, Warsaw, Poland | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, progressive folk | |||
| Length | 39:50 | |||
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Through Shaded Woods is the seventh studio album by Lunatic Soul, the side project of Riverside bassist, vocalist, and songwriter Mariusz Duda, released on November 13, 2020. The album was described by Duda as 'more folky' than previous releases, [1] with more influence from Scandinavian and Slavic folk [2] [3] and fewer electronic elements. [4] In Poland, Through Shaded Woods peaked at number 5 on OLiS (Oficjalna Lista Sprzedaży, Official Sales Chart). [5] Mariusz Duda composed all the songs and, for the first time in Lunatic Soul's history, played all the instruments on the album [6] .
Contents
On Through Shaded Woods Duda maintains the melancholy and darkness characteristic of his music, but this time he focuses also on "light and hope." [7] There is no electronics on the album, which dominated earlier Lunatic Soul albums [8] . The release is based on organic sounds of acoustic guitars, bass and keyboard instruments [9] . The songs contain the use of various sounds inscribed in folk - whispered choirs, pulsating rhythmic drums or delicate keyboards [10] .