Through Shaded Woods

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Through Shaded Woods
Lunatic Soul Through Shaded Woods Album Cover.png
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 2020
RecordedApril 2019 – August 2020
StudioSerakos Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Genre Progressive rock, progressive folk
Length39:50
Producer
Lunatic Soul chronology
Under the Fragmented Sky
(2018)
Through Shaded Woods
(2020)
Singles from Through Shaded Woods
  1. "The Passage"
    Released: September 24, 2020

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] .

Track listing

Through Shaded Woods
No.TitleLength
1."Navvie"4:03
2."The Passage"8:57
3."Through Shaded Woods"5:51
4."Oblivion"5:03
5."Summoning Dance"9:52
6."The Fountain"6:04
Total length:39:50
Bonus Disc
No.TitleLength
7."Vyraj"5:32
8."Hylophobia"3:20
9."Transition II"27:45
Total length:76:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from the Lunatic Soul website. [11]

Lunatic Soul

Production

Design

References

  1. Trimming, Leo (2020-11-14). "Mariusz Duda – Lunatic Soul". T P A. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  2. Sharppublished, Johnny (2020-12-14). "Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods album review". louder. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  3. "Lunatic Soul «Through Shaded Woods» (2020)". InRock (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  4. "Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  5. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  6. "Lunatic Soul "Through Shaded Woods". MYSTIC PRODUCTION (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  7. "Lunatic Soul "Through Shaded Woods". MYSTIC PRODUCTION (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  8. "Through Shaded Woods". audio.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  9. "Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods | recenzje ArtRock.pl". ArtRock.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  10. Pietrzak, Joanna (2020-11-13). "Lunatic Soul - "Through Shaded Woods" (2020)". KVLT (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  11. "through shaded woods". lunatic soul. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2024-01-28.