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Canadian chamber folk trio Musk Ox has recently released a new video for "Weightless" - the moving track from the band's critically-adored Inheritance full-length released in July.
Containing some of the group’s most ambitious as well as intimate material, Inheritance is a cathartic collection where wordless hymns of worry and wonder form the stirring soundtrack to an uncertain age of reckoning, reflection, and resilience.
"'Weightless' is the closing song from our third full-length record Inheritance. While preparing the material for the album, 'Weightless' seemed to demand less attention than some of the more complex and expansive compositions so we hardly expected that it would become one of our favourite pieces from Inheritance. It wasn't until the mixing process that we realized just how special this song had become and how beautifully it worked as the album's final scene. While the first single 'Memoriam' had a dark, sombre tone demanding a stark video, we knew that 'Weightless' would work perfectly as its more soaring, optimistic counterpart. Opening with a fluid, melodic rhythm from the classical guitar, the cello and violin soon emerge to paint the sky with some of the most affecting melodies Musk Ox has ever recorded. Following a burst of determined, empowered heaviness, 'Weightless' eventually drifts into the vast unknown in much the same way that the album appears, like vapour from the soil beneath our feet", states notes guitarist Nathanael Larochette.
Inheritance (available on CD, LP, and digital formats) comes seven years since Musk Ox's acclaimed Woodfall full-length. Despite the long wait between albums, however, the musicians within Musk Ox have remained prolific. Since 2014, Musk Ox classical guitarist Nathanael Larochette released a solo double album, a collaboration with poet Conyer Clayton, and two acclaimed full-lengths with the instrumental chamber metal quartet The Night Watch, of which Musk Ox violinist Evan Runge is also a member, while cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne's staggering output saw the debut release of the haunting cello/voice project The Visit, three improvised world music albums with the duo Kamancello, a stunning solo album and two full-length records with Norwegian prog masters Leprous as well as continuous appearances as a session musician. Enjoy the "Weightless" video right below. Link
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