“Perseverance Flow is Natural Information Society’s first non-collaborative record since 2023’s jazz-fractaled Since Time Is Gravity. That album presented a more relaxed version of the group, unfurling its music as though rolling out a dusty Turkish carpet. Perseverance Flow’s tight focus—one theme looped ceaselessly, with modest embellishment, for 35 minutes—feels like a microscopic view of that same rug. The phrase is initially tight and loping: a two-note harmonium riff, a lightly heraldic bass clarinet, Abrams’ clip-clopping guembri, a little one-two drumbeat, all of it held together as tightly as pencils bundled by a rubber band. The group performed the piece live for a year before recording, which gives the album a warm and lived-in feel despite its formal constriction; imagine the Sun Ra Arkestra in big-band mode, playing a single bar over and over until achieving liftoff. Taking equal inspiration from Jamaican dub and Chicago dance music, Abrams edited the one-take performance in post-production, dropping in tonal tweaks and rhythmic inversions with a jeweler’s eye for detail.” - Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork
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Dissolve deeply into
@naturalinformationsociety delicious delirium this Saturday May 16th at #thinginthespring in Keene NH 💕🌱
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🗓️Saturday May 16th
⏰Doors at 12PM / Music Starts at 1245PM
🎟️$40 Day Pass or Pay What You Can - Access For All - All Ages
📍Brewbaker’s Cafe - 48 Emerald Street, Keene NH
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