Charcoal, by Brambles

Charcoal

by Brambles

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hannahmckittrick This album makes me feel so encased and understood Favorite track: In The Androgynous Dark.

saniyuri Darkness like a soft blanket. Favorite track: In The Androgynous Dark.

Rob Clay I listen to a lot of synth based ambient music, but this is something different. Gentle piano, guitar, woodwind instruments, strings, occasional percussion, it all fits together perfectly. I only wish I knew of a few other albums like this. Unique and brilliant. Favorite track: To Speak Of Solitude.

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1.	To Speak Of Solitude 04:21	buy track
2.	Such Owls As You 05:29	buy track
3.	In The Androgynous Dark 04:43	buy track
4.	Salt Photographs 06:54	buy track
5.	Pink And Golden Billows 02:58	buy track
6.	Arête 06:11	buy track
7.	Deep Corridor 04:40	buy track
8.	Unsayable 02:52	buy track

about

Brambles is the solo project of Mira Dawson, born in Britain, permanent resident of Australia and currently living who-knows-where as they travel Europe and beyond.

Thanks to a prolific spell of writing from Mira, what was originally pegged as an EP quickly turned into an album. Charcoal is the result of long hours spent recording, editing and mixing. A lot of this material was recorded during their stay at "The Painted Palace" (see the Brambles Forecast mix of the same name), a communal house in Melbourne open to all manner of creative outsiders.

Crucially, the house also played home to a piano; during the night-time this was where Brambles sat, working out melodies and making recordings into the small hours. Sometimes the piano is at the forefront (as on the solo piano piece, 'Unsayable'), while at other times it plays a support role to plucked and bowed strings, haunted woodwind instruments, whispered field recordings and distant chimes ('To Speak of Solitude').

This is undeniably a night-time album, it has that still, peaceful quality to it, the same you get when you walk down a deserted street at night. And despite the slow pace, the music rarely seems melancholic - there's a sense of contentedness which pervades the album from beginning to end. Mira seems very at ease with life and there's a similar spirit to the music, it is deep, thoughtful and optimistic - in the words of Donal Whelan (who mastered the final album), "it's like being wrapped up in a warm blanket". Even the slightly more sinister "Deep Corridor", which plunges you to the depths of the ocean, has that "cosy catastrophe" feel to it. I can't help but think of Blade Runner and Vangelis when I hear it.

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released October 22, 2012

Written & produced by Mira Dawson

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Brambles Melbourne, Australia

discography

Wing (galen tipton Remix)

Aug 2023
Mirror

Dec 2022
Demon

Oct 2022
Stay

Oct 2022
Wing

Sep 2022
Spirits

Oct 2019
Charcoal (2014 Special Edition)

Nov 2014
Half-Gramme Holiday

Mar 2013
Charcoal

Oct 2012

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