Mary Halvorson Makes Stereogum’s Mid-Year Album List
“One moment, ” Stereogum writes, “a giant ensemble is whipping up blustery chaos. The next, a pair of clean guitars are skittering around like a pair of mice racing toward a piece of cheese. Later, a walking bassline and bashed-out cymbal surge ahead into eerie melodic percussion, only to be interrupted by an outburst of distorted shredding.” The site is talking about Mary Halvorson’s Cloudward, which made its list of best albums of 2024 so far.
Read more about Sterogum’s take on the album, which topped the NACC Jazz and Earshot Jazz charts earlier this year, here. Of course, as Stereogum notes, “As a guitarist, arranger, and composer,Mary Halvorson excels at crafting music that will appeal to jazz fans and experimental rock fans alike.”
