No Spinoza achieves a consuming sound with today’s release of art-rock single “Airport,” the lead track from the artist’s upcoming fourth album Jupiter’s Great Hurricane. The project presents the multi-faceted works from musician, poet and artist Thomas Pearson. A series of films and a comprehensive book of essays, exploring the intersections of history and place, accompany the release and can be found here. Much like the nuanced nursery rhyme themes of the previous release Maxim, “Airport” embraces creative artistry, commencing with a quote from Saint Anthony the Great against a backdrop of jazz-infused flute and distorted bass.

The book of essays serves as an engaging companion, providing the intellectual architecture for the album’s meditations on temptation and loss. By weaving together the spiritual rigors of the Desert Fathers with 1991 milestones. such as the invention of the World Wide Web and the Gulf War, Spinoza invites a deeper, scholarly engagement with the music.

Feedback crackles with resonating momentum as the track gets underway, quickly bolstered by a thumping percussive presence and hypnotic flute. “Before leaving for the airport,” an introspective vocal begins, insightful in its reflections on “how then should I live my life?” questioning. “Have no confidence in your own righteousness,” the response stirs, continuing: “Do not worry about a thing once it has been done.” The meditative push to maintain a clear, receptive mind invigorates as the flute re-emerges with caressing qualities.

The track’s second half then captivates further, as spacey synth pulsations and twinkling effects complement the occasional dashes of flutes. An industrial-friendly textural layer appears around the two-minute mark, developing into a gripping finale that incorporates the track’s various atmospheric elements and instrumentation — into a wholly satiating send-off. “Airport” is a fantastic, soundscape-rich success from No Spinoza.

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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.

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