Description
Translucent is an ambient instrumental album by the American alternative rock band The Choir, independently released on the band’s own label Galaxy21 Music in November 2024.
Translucent is The Choir’s new ambient instrumental album, a shimmering tapestry of sound that captures the essence of mood and serenity. Across 10 atmospheric tracks, the band weaves effect-laden guitars, evocative saxophone, and electronic rhythms into a late-career triumph – a true legacy project.
We’ve been working on this album in the background for several years. This is The Choir sound that has been much of the foundation of our sonics and vibe for decades. We really can’t be anymore proud of this project and we’re thrilled to reveal it with this surprise instant release. No Kickstarter! No waiting for vinyl! We invested in this ourselves and kept it a secret during the entire process. Available on 12” 180g translucent emerald green vinyl LP and CD with digital download exclusively at The Choir’s web store HERE. You can get one for yourself or grab one as a Christmas gift. We’ll start shipping immediately! Buy the CD & vinyl bundle for a discount (all physical items include the digital download). An option for just the digital download is available too.
We truly hope you’ll get this album. We feel it is an experience whether you listen closely, in the background, meditate or pray. Thank you for supporting our music all these years. We wont stop if you don’t! – The Choir, November 23, 2024
The Choir have always been an atmospherically minded outfit; just listen to the textured synths and chiming guitars on 1986’s Diamonds and Rain and 1987’s Chase the Kangaroo to hear what I mean. But for 2024’s Translucent, guitarist Derri Daugherty, percussionist Steve Hindalong, and saxophonist Dan Michaels fully embraced their atmospheric tendencies in the form of ten instrumentals.
Opening track «Fire in the Heavens» quickly sets the album’s tone with moody drones, Vangelis-esque atmospherics, and echoing guitars that evoke the sun rising for the first time in ages over 2019 Los Angeles.
On a related note, if you enjoy The Choir’s instrumental fare, then you might also be interested in Clouds Echo in Blue, a solo album of “ambient electric guitar-driven” instrumentals that Daugherty originally released in 2011 on the Galaxy21 Music label. [Jason Morehead, Opus, June 2025]
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CD tracklist:
01. Fire In The Heavens
02. You Don’t Have To Smile
03. Slippery Moss
04. The Bravest Mind
05. Cool Black Water
06. Take To The Sky
07. Plastic Swords
08. Chariot Race
09. Nobody’s Angel
10. Watching Feathers Float
Note: Released on both CD and 12-inch vinyl LP (pressed on Translucent Emerald Green vinyl). Available at Bandcamp: https://thechoir1.bandcamp.com/album/translucent
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