Mystic Sons Praises Vox Pterous

According to Mystic Sons, “Revisiting an earlier album can easily become an exercise in repetition, but Vox Pterous approaches the idea from a more constructive angle. Rather than simply adding vocals to material from 2023’s Pterous, Dren McDonald uses the human voice to alter the emotional function of those compositions, turning instrumental reflections on grief into something more conversational and collective… Importantly, the singers aren’t treated as surface additions. Their parts are woven into the instrumental structures, often functioning like another textural layer rather than conventional lead vocals. This keeps the album in an interesting space between songwriting, contemporary classical music and ambient composition.”

The site has a full review of the LP here. It’s at radio now from Appearing Records!