ASLEEP OR AWAKE WALK

"Musically we are in overtly romantic territory, the kind of American gothic portraiture popularized by the Dirty Three, Palace, and Sparklehorse (though frequent passages of harmonic/microtonal density and abstract landscapes constructed out of scarcely discernible field recordings has TDD casting their lot in with the likes of out-folks like Grandpa s Ghost, Jandek, Akron/Family, or P.G. Six). The instrumental textures are stark and monochromatic, relying almost entirely on finger-style electric guitar, violin, chord-organ, and field recordings (with the occasional pleasantly mossy upright piano or saw). The results are centered, economic, and if occasionally obvious, prove an effective offset to vocals that run from austere to jarringly dense and discordant."