{"product_id":"ezra-feinberg-soft-power-2026-repress","title":"Ezra Feinberg - Soft Power (2026 Repress)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong-awaited vinyl repress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEzra Feinberg\u003c\/strong\u003e’s third album \u003cem\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/em\u003e sees the composer-guitarist enlist an impressive array of fellow musicians including \u003cstrong\u003eMary Lattimore\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eBing \u0026amp; Ruth\u003c\/strong\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eJefre Cantu-Ledesma\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eRobbie Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDefined by its abundance of melodies, repeating figures and ecstatic improvisations, \u003cem\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/em\u003e exudes an enlightened and transformative spirit to empower the listener. Feinberg, a practising psychoanalyst and former founding member of the San Francisco psychedelic collective \u003cstrong\u003eCitay\u003c\/strong\u003e (Dead Oceans \/ Important Records) resides in the artistic enclave of upstate New York's Hudson River valley. Initial recordings emerged in the late summer of 2020, before added synthesis with collaborator \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Thayer\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eArp\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSunwatchers\u003c\/strong\u003e) during early 2021. \u003cem\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/em\u003e follows previous albums \u003cem\u003eRecumbent Speech\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and \u003cem\u003ePentimento and Others\u003c\/em\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compassionate, tender-hearted opener \u003cem\u003eFuture Sand\u003c\/em\u003e deftly interweaves flutes and steady arpeggios. The Reichian pulse beneath the soaring melody is played not on the customary analogue sequencer, but on finger-picked acoustic guitar, one of the lodestars of Feinberg’s compositional approach. \u003cem\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/em\u003e, the buoyant and mesmeric title track that follows builds over a rich bed of guitars and a reverb-y Rhodes melody reminiscent of a \u003cstrong\u003eStrata East\u003c\/strong\u003e LP, its narrative arc bountiful in energy, optimism and future dreaming, a perfect accompaniment to long days of summertide. “The most unexpected, unpredictable, and spontaneous moments in life live in the realm of softness”, quotes Feinberg. \u003cem\u003ePose Beams\u003c\/em\u003e blends the chamber-jazz approach of \u003cstrong\u003ePenguin Café Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e with a balletic kosmische, climaxing with a galvanising crescendo and “free improv” section performed by fellow New Yorkers - Robbie Lee (piano) and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, whose granular and modular synths sprinkle particle dust over the expressive drumming of John Thayer. \u003cem\u003eFlutter Intensity\u003c\/em\u003e evokes in part the music of \u003cstrong\u003eCluster\u003c\/strong\u003e as played on acoustic guitars, which ping-pong across the stereo field, providing the canvas for a plaintive vibraphone line reminiscent of \u003cstrong\u003eTNT\u003c\/strong\u003e-era \u003cstrong\u003eTortoise\u003c\/strong\u003e. Instruments move in tandem, but also drift and glide allowing them the space to hang in the air, the variegated rhythms, textures, and tones all laced into the fabric of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centrefold of the album's seven tracks is \u003cem\u003eThe Big Clock\u003c\/em\u003e, a tryptic piece that evolves from pairs of stretched varying tones, creating fields of technicolour over an unabashed motorik beat, serving to offset the pastoral and ambient registers heard elsewhere. It features the first of two appearances from David Moore (\u003cstrong\u003eBing \u0026amp; Ruth\u003c\/strong\u003e) who plays lilting piano lines on the come-down. \u003cem\u003eThere Was Somebody There\u003c\/em\u003e returns to the album’s earlier wistfulness, a hard stereo-panned soundworld with lightly strummed, interlocking acoustic guitars combining to pigment a washy, painterly scene. David Moore and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma provide reviving synths, the underlying pulse that seems to simulate a life cycle; another day on Earth. The album closes with the reflective \u003cem\u003eGet Some Rest\u003c\/em\u003e featuring Mary Lattimore, whose harp pluckings set a dreamlike tone against bare organic acoustics and flourishing flutes to create a sense of realignment and restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeinberg artfully transcends the listener to an enriched place, his compositions distinguished by the deep humanity that lies at their core, plugging the listener into a state of wide-eyed being, open and alive. \u003cem\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/em\u003e then is Ezra’s own mantra but also one of power giving - a colourful catharsis translated into music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeinberg’s music always speaks to the listener, but \u003cem\u003eSoft Power\u003c\/em\u003e, in whispering, speaks loudest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Much like everyday life, I wanted to convey these very plain, simple, tranquil, nearly quotidian aspects, but each piece contains this arc in which that form expands, is broken out of, so what starts out like a painting of flowers in a seaside motel turns into a riot of color and sound, or you feel slipped into a dream that feels like it could go on forever.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“trippy, bucolic and playfully minimal”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e★★★★ The Guardian – Album of the Month\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TONAL UNION","offers":[{"title":"Limited Black Bio Vinyl LP (2026 Repress)","offer_id":58765167264089,"sku":"SDZ-49758","price":30.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/FOR_20260803_1446_134803_663_v_4251804182645_003.jpg?v=1785839611","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/ezra-feinberg-soft-power-2026-repress","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}