Breathing techniques

"Having built a career with Wildbirds and Peacedrums that is bold and sometimes raucous, and solo albums that lean more pop, Mariam Wallentin uses her latest album to convey a quieter strength. 'Breathing Techniques', her third solo album under the Mariam the Believer guise, comes across as strikingly subdued in the context of her previous work. It also features her most inventive instrumentation ... Wallentin unrolls the variations in her songs like a quilt, sometimes disparate pieces stitched together into a whole work. She allows for massive amounts of space in her arrangements, at times creating more of a tag-team effort among instruments. The overall effect is understated; even when the string arrangements of album closer 'Highest Peak' evoke a cinematic richness, there is no bombast".

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