All My Circles Run

All My Circles Run is the fourth full-length release by Montreal-based electro-acoustic composer Sarah Davachi, and her second outing for Students of Decay. In a move which may surprise followers of her previous output, the five compositions on this record eschew synthesizer entirely, each focusing on a different instrument, including strings, voice, organ and piano. What remains consistent however is the striking attention to detail and commitment to investigating tonal possibility that characterizes all of her work. The sinewy For Strings opens the album, with keening overtones stretching out in all directions to form a mass of slow moving, radiant