Minus

Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2018 No.6 Rough Trade Exclusive. Limited Version on transparent vinyl with download Rough Trade Albums of the Year Exclusive: Liv - Daniel Blumberg and Hebronix LP (https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/music/daniel-blumberg-and-hebronix-liv) Daniel Blumberg’s Minus is an astonishing work; one that weds an improvisational, free-music ethos to the rawest emotional songwriting, rooted deep in the personal turmoil Blumberg experienced whilst making the record. Minus is an album about breakdowns: relationship breakdowns, mental and physical breakdowns, breakdowns in communication, and the breaking down of received methods and practices. And situated at the broken-down heart of the record lies a pathological preoccupation with a breakdown of trust. But out of all this, and through the arteries of the album’s seven tracks, pulses a sense of growing fortitude and an almost mantra-like effort to create a way back