Bright Archer - Hidden Systems

"Bright Archer's dizzying new LP Hidden Systems harkens back to [Joni] Mitchell's untouchable 1969-75 run (Clouds through The Hissing of Summer Lawns), but sans the vintage nostalgia of that fabled era. Kunin's earnest vocals and simple yet subtly elaborate song structure portray an artist at her creative peak." (Portland Mercury)

"It’s hard to not make comparisons to Kate Bush when I hear her gorgeous voice, as sharp and clear as it is breathy and beatific. Not to mention the other-worldly atmospheres she creates as her songs that build in both scope and beauty and makes it hard to place her compositions in any specific genre or time continuum. Full of wide-eyed splendor and sparkling with a fresh, fertile spirit, Bright Archer’s Hidden Systems is a summer must." (My Old Kentucky Blog)

"Johanna creates vignettes from her piano and her beautifully trained breathy voice, all the more visceral for its seemingly simple construction." (The Owl Mag)

"There is a definite original quality in Kunin’s lyrics that is among the most alluring aspects of Hidden Systems, as she wields her ambiguous words with devastating effect." (Stereo Subversion)

"Trained in opera as a child, jazz in college, a current member of a number of bands around...Portland and finally taking her talents solo, Johanna Kunin has arrived breathy folk in tact." (RCRD LBL)

"Hidden Systems refuses easy, emotionally exploitative chord progressions for something a bit more ambiguous and challenging—a testament to both Kunin’s songwriting and Norwood’s studio prowess." (Willamette Week)

493 copies.

Release date: 22 December 2011

Tracklist
A1 Featherweight
A2 Ascension
A3 Road
A4 Hidden Systems
A5 Sunrising
A6 Tomorrow
B1 Heart Of A Tree
B2 Skies Open Wide
B3 No Comprehension
B4 Underground
B5 The Giver's Gone
B6 Twice Burned (Bonus Track)