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Virginia (USA)-based cinematic/dark ambient collective Harmonic Cross will release The Grand Paradise original motion picture soundtrack via Dark Operative on the 26th of October. Ending a seven-year stretch between albums, The Grand Paradise is the second full-length album and first original motion picture soundtrack from Harmonic Cross, the dark ambient alter ego of the Richmond, Virginia-based artist collective that also records and performs in their punk/hardcore form as Bleach Everything and their indie rock incarnation Highness.
While once again unifying the collective’s original creatives in Brent Eyestone, Graham Scala, and Ryan Parrish, it also marks the first formal recording with their Bleach Everything bandmate of ten years, Kelly Posadas. In direct sonic opposition to Bleach Everything’s short, fast, and loud credo, Harmonic Cross creates significantly longer cinematic compositions that often creep slowly and dynamically within an entirely different headspace and listening experience.
Recorded, mixed, and sound designed by Brent Eyestone at Tracking in San Diego in the summer of 2021, mastered by Bryan Walthall at Stereoimage, and completed with cover art by Eyestone, The Grand Paradise clocks in at just over forty minutes across its eight songs.
As the album was written specifically for the film 'The Grand Paradise', its cohesiveness and narrative through lines permeate from beginning to end. Without spoiling the film, the soundtrack follows a protagonist’s journey through a traditional three-act structure of prophecy, madness, and triumph across a visual palette of liminal subscapes. The purpose of releasing the album in advance of the film is to allow for early listeners to “see” their own narratives before presenting the band and the filmmaker’s own visual representation of what’s “happening” within the songs.
In addition to The Grand Paradise, Harmonic Cross will appear on the second instalment of Dark Operative’s It Came From The Abyss compilation series in 2023 and is set to score a 2024 horror film, also for Lil’ Baker Films. Three tracks from The Grand Paradise are already available for streaming and you can hear them below. Link
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