From the tragic wreckage of suicide comes the hauntingly beautiful and unforgettable sophomore album of North Carolina band Lost in the Trees, A Church that Fits Our Needs. After just finishing recording of their debut All Alone in an Empty House in the summer of 2009, frontman Ari Picker’s mother took her own life. The Berkelee College film scoring alum channeled some of his grief into the creative pursuit of a 12 track song cycle that delves into his mother’s life as an artist and expresses his own mourning in direct lyrics and within rich allegorical imagery. The arrangements themselves embody the complexity, loss and hope through the use of minor keys, and intricate layers of strings, horns, flutes and bells. A Church that Fits Our Needs is intense, moody and moving without being heavy-handed, and despite the spiritual and emotional weight should be listened to in its entirety. – Written by SMarx
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