Altered Zones

Keith Freund is one half of the husband-wife duo Trouble Books, who released a superb collaborative effort with Emeralds guitarist Mark McGuire earlier this year. For his first widely available solo effort, Constant Comments, Freund has crafted a deliberately paced and conspicuously intimate record that combines solo guitar, shimmering ambient tones, and a deft use of field recordings. All these techniques converge on the patchwork "For Broke Everything Is Real," which incorporates the noise of raindrops, shouted voices, and a passing train with mournful guitar work in a dazzling five-minute display of auditory enchantment. The track is a fitting adieu to the rain-soaked Summer months, easing one into the languid early Fall. --Max Burke, Visitation Rites

MP3: Keith Freund: "For Broke Everything Is Real"

Constant Comments is out now on LP from Experimedia. Trouble Books play the Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland on September 17th