A spectral hush trembles through the treeline as Violet Nox return with Silvae, weaving uncanny frequencies and weightless vocals into a glimmering, time-slipped dreamscape where memories stir like light in the woods.
Spectral frequencies stir the woods
A shadow stirs at the edge of perception, Violet Nox once more tracing uncanny frequency bursts buried far within sylvan depths—its very name drawn from Silvae, Latin for woodland realms. Far inside these glowing, drifting soundscapes, Dez DeCarlo, Andrew Abrahamson, and vocal seamstress Noell Dorsey carve spacious, wistful, shimmering synth passages that feel like memories breathed back to life, echoing the temporal slippages Hesperia unveiled last year on Somewherecold.
Moments loosen their grip here; Dorsey’s voice turns weightless, otherworldly, nearly untethered from reality. “Spectre” pulses with fragments of forgotten hours, lifting listeners toward some distant crest, while “Wanderlust” leans into a more shadowed cadence—rhythmic sputter wrapped in quiet yearning. Boston’s trio jolt senses again through the technoid flutter of “Serenade,” a brief cinematic flare that arcs upward before falling into the instrumental expanse of “Arcturus,” a cascading, sputtering beacon of electronic craft. Final piece “Meniscus” drifts in abstract pulses and soft radiance, its low-end wobble binding each element as Dorsey’s hushed voice escorts us across shifting eras.
Silvae is available on Somewherecold. [Bandcamp | Site]
