Blood Fountains – “Floods” – [Utech Records]

As I write this there’s one of the worst storms ever raging on around me and the sonic intensity of this debut by Blood Fountains is even more vivid. It’s a project from Stephen Kasner (ArorA) and he’s invited a number of collaborators (helping him with guitar, bass, keys, percussion, programming, and flute) to create improv-style pieces of the drifty, spooky, eerie variety. Vocals by Yoshiko Ohara add some haunting beauty and the whole endeavor has a 4AD-ish quality with hard to discern, wordless vocals and a mystical mood. Just lovely.