Haunting monotony that goes seemingly nowhere....because SMOKEY EMERY starts in the right place and just hovers over and around sonic bliss for a full 40+ minutes on 2019's Endtimes Forever. The second track, "Glistening," is perhaps the most perfect of them all - taking repetition to new heights by repeating one four note cycle on a massive and distant organ, desperation reaching out from the fog. There are lighter moments (notably "If I Should Die Today" and "Silver Heat," the one track with a beat) that brush ever so slightly up against happiness before disappearing into reality, but the totality of SMOKEY EMERY is honest and ominous, politely asking to live in the background while slowly (but completely) enveloping you.
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