Grind Halts

Lisa Cay Miller, Vicky Mettler, Raphael Foisy-Couture

1 The Halting 7:57
2 Of a Grind 6:24
3 As it Falls 3:43
4 Lower 7:16
5 As it Spins 8:07
6 Faster 3:43
7 All the Time 1:21
8 The Same 3:35

This set of improvised pieces is made up of Montréalers Raphaël Foisy-Couture (bass), Vicky Mettler (guitar), and Vancouverite Lisa Cay Miller (piano). There's a relaxed atmosphere among the trio, despite seemingly disparate elements that swing and play with a tight cohesion; networked fistulas convey and receive.

Along with their industriousness, this keeps their music light and exploratory, appealingly collectively-minded throughout. Miller only occasionally breaks out into fitful knots of block chords, her and Foisy's slyly executed extended techniques keep flowing a steady variety of sounds, and Mettler's crafty instrumental resourcefulness (as in the prismatic folk of her project Kee Avil) results in a deeply pleasing group improvisation that often feels wonderfully domestic.

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Lisa Cay Miller / piano
Vicky Mettler / guitar
Raphaël Foisy-Couture / upright bass

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Recording and mixing by Zachary Scholes, Montréal QC

Mastered by Branic Howard, Portland OR
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Artwork by Raphaël Foisy-Couture