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On hearing The Sanctity Of Crows music, you are immediately hit with an impression of a brilliant mind behind these sonic textures and wonderfully interwoven styles within each piece, instrumental or with vocal additions. Especially when it comes to his concept albums, and this particular concept album “Time” where the song “In The Moment” is drawn from-there is definitely a fierce intellect driving these musical explorations and concept works of sonic art.
“In The Moment” is a shorter work on this album-(though not the shortest-the track with this distinction is “Just a Minute”(which is literally just a minute long), then there’s “Another Three Minutes of your Life you won’t get back” (mentioned here because the title is so cool, the number 3 is within it, and it goes for around 3 minutes…but I don’t mind that 3 minutes of my life gets to be spent listening to this track…))-compared to some rather epically long yet enjoyable tracks which, in the fine tradition of prog rock this is to be expected-especially on an album dealing with the concept of time…we need to explore all avenues and time elements here…at four minutes “In The Moment” is a moment of mystical clarity…my first thought on the title and the song itself that this song is touching on the here and now…this is the only time you can REALLY be. The past has come and gone, the future is yet to be…but right now you are here-living life fully and completely in this moment. As we begin with a wave of sounds which gradually enter the musical space, a burst of guitars here, a glorious hint of keys there, double bass drums smattering about all subtly shifting and moving within the spaces of the music. The ear always has something intriguing to hear within this “moment” and just like that…it ends in a flurry of echo and reverb…”In The Moment” is an extraordinary piece which does not exist as background music to be played while mindlessly glazing windows or going through a physical work out… this is fantastic ambient instrumental music to listen to- which becomes a part of your environment…drifting like clouds and becoming an immersive listening experience rather than background noise. You are indeed “in the moment” in every sense. A great philosophy and an excellent example of how ambient instrumental music ought to be. This is an experience. As is most of the music that The Sanctity Of Crows brings forth from his music explorations, both as a solo artist and as a collaborator with the incredible artists mentioned above or future collaborative efforts. Much gratitude to you, Ian for showing us all that music can be a gift which unites rather than divides. Your music, like most around our community is inspiring and with you being a part of our community is very much appreciated.
