Endless Falls


Endless Falls is a studio album by Canadian composer and record producer Scott Morgan under the pseudonym Loscil. It was released on March 2, 2010, through Kranky. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Background

Endless Falls is Loscil's first studio album since Plume. It is his fifth studio album for Kranky. Daniel Bejar of Destroyer provides guest vocals on the album's final song "The Making of Grief Point". The album also features contributions from Kim Koch, Robert Sparks, and Jason Zumpano.

Critical reception

Brock Thiessen of Exclaim! described the album as "one minimal and slow-moving piece of work, littered here and there with dub rhythms, piano keys and crackling glitches." Joe Colly of Pitchfork stated, "At its most basic, the idea here is that Endless Falls is a rainy-day album, overcast but cozy, and there's an aquatic theme that extends to its cover art and the rain-droplet field recordings that bookend the record." He added, "Morgan plays with the idea of water-as-sound throughout and pulls it off in appealing ways."
Heather Phares of AllMusic commented that "Endless Falls mix of old and new maintains Morgan's reputation as one of the most consistent, and consistently interesting, producers out there." Ian Mathers of PopMatters stated, "There's something appealing to art that suggests without dictating answers, and there's little to indicate that finding out what Morgan is actually up to would improve or change the richly textured, dubby ambience of his music."
John Mulvey of Uncut placed Endless Falls at number 52 on his list of "The Wild Mercury Sound 100 of 2010".

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.