“William Basinki's latest is all at once terrifying and beautiful”
“Spend enough time in the world of William Basinski and night begins to look an awful lot like day. Viewed from one angle, something like the elegant ‘O, My Daughter, O, My Sorrow’ can sound like a cavern of decay, sonic matter crumbling from sonic matter. At other vantage points, at another time of the day, it sounds like a yawning burst of light: is this disintegrating or is this accumulating? L”
“The ambient composer goes back to raiding his decades-deep personal archives for vintage tape to revive with new perspective and fresh feeling.”
“Though some of Lamentations' pieces could have used some fleshing out, it remains one of the year's most emotionally potent ambient efforts.”