Love Spirals Downwards: Sideways Forest (single) (Out-of-Print)

After two albums of layered, interwoven textures evoking dreamlike states of consciousness, Love Spirals Downwards emerge with a distillation of their sumptuous sound on their single Sideways Forest. Triggered by the group’s experiences playing live with a more stripped down, acoustic set, on “Sideways Forest” we hear the intrinsic beauty of simple, flowing guitar melody and a lone, singular voice, beckoning listening listeners to embellish the sound in their own minds. The “Quantum remix” deconstructs these acoustic elements and rebuilds from the song’s foundation, adding sampled and electronic patterns, morphing them into a euphoric journey into trip-ambience. The disc concludes with the instrumental “Amarillo,” echoing themes hinted at on “Sideways Forest,” while uniting the group’s acoustic elements and flowing, open atmospherics.