Loudness Blog Endorses Dren McDonald, Comparing Vox Pterous To Hieronymus Bosch

Loudness Blog has an in-depth review of Dren McDonald‘s new Vox Pterous LP, which the author compares to work by none other than Hieronymus Bosch. The site writes, “What I particularly value in art is not merely a fresh or interesting perspective — it’s a vision that penetrates beyond the threshold. Not only beyond the ordinary, finding something new in what we see and feel every day, but beyond the very boundary of existence itself. And yes, I’ll say it — bold enough to venture past the boundary between life and death. Into territories we cannot even imagine. The kind of audacity that Bosch, for instance, had the courage to attempt. Vox Pterous attempts exactly this — at least, that’s what I heard and felt in listening to it. This is not just an experience of avant-garde classical music or art pop. Not even simply a musical experience. It’s something separate, something that aims beyond the reach of those categories altogether. For achieving that, Dren McDonald has done what few artists manage: he has made something that transcends what language can measure or notes can contain.” Read the full review here.