Guitar - Dealin with Signal and Noise

Have been listening to some good new music over the past few days, seems like it always comes in spurts where I’ll end up hearing back to back good upcoming albums. It’s streaky I tell you. Anyway, one album I am looking quite forward to being released is the latest from Michael Lueckner’s project dubbed Guitar. The album is called Dealin with Signal and Noise and appears that it will be out on May 15th through Onitor Records, although I had originally thought it was suppose to be out on the 27th of this month. I’ll just trust what most retailers are listing it as for the time being.

Dealin with Signal and Noise will be Lueckner’s 5th album as Guitar and once again it finds himself collaborating with singer Ayako Akashiba on four of the tracks for the album, whom has consistently appeared on past Guitar albums. Lueckner is also joined by the Seattle band Voyager One for a few tracks as well. On Dealin with Signal and Noise, Lueckner finds himself heading in the direction that was more so found on the projects first album Sunkissed, which remains a personal favorite of mine. While all of the Guitar albums vary in style and purpose I am fonder of the more blissful and shoegazy side, which is what appears here on his latest. However, no matter what direction the project takes, it always has a very familiar feel and sound that exudes a very relaxing calmness to it. Lueckner is always able to create incredibly beautiful music, which is truly impressive. That is certainly a large reason as to why I enjoy practically everything Lueckner puts out as Guitar. On Dealin with Signal and Noise the sound is almost so effortless and soothing that it practically puts me into a trancelike state before eventually chiming in with echoes of buzzing feedback. While a tiny part of me would love to hear another MBV inspired record such as Sunkissed, it is way more satisfying to hear Lueckner use that sound to help his own continue to grow and make yet another accomplished record.

Guitar – Sine Waves [MP3]

Dealin with Signal and Noise is available for pre-order from larger online retailers such as Amazon. Do check it out if you dig the music above. Also keep an eye out in May for a re-release of Guitar’s 2nd and 3rd albums Honeysky and Saltykisses that were originally released in Japan only. The re-release will combine the two albums as one and will be called Salt & Honey. That is also definitely worth checking out if you’re a fan of the music.