The Necks - Open (2013)

Seventeenth album by the iconic instrumental trio of Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums) and Lloyd Swanton (bass), celebrating 25 years as a band. Follows 2011’s two-track Mindset and Abrahams’ 2013 solo album Memory Night. Consists of just a single hour-plus piece, which the presser says “return to the territory they are best known for.” Says Swanton: “Mindset reached some pretty intense levels at times, and though we never overtly discussed it, I think that on Open, by contrast, all three of us were taken by the idea of working in an area of great stillness. After a couple of days’ recording, it was clear that the music was leading us in this direction.”

Tracklist:

01. Open 68:04

Personnel:

Chris Abrahams (piano);
Tony Buck (drums);
Lloyd Swanton (bass).