Kevin McCormick - Passing Clouds LP

Dreamy ambient guitar compositions from Kevin McCormick, who released the amazing cult classic Light Patterns record that Smiling C reissued in 2021. Highly recommended for fans of the Jonny Nash, Melody As Truth, ECM worlds of quiet guitar music. "It’s been a long time since I last recorded an album - a break of some 40 years!Passing Clouds now builds on my earlier retrospective work on “Light Patterns” and “Sticklebacks” released in the past few years by the wonderful Smiling C label.I still have a daily obsession of writing tunes and experimenting with sound and was recently inspired to record again. On Passing Clouds, I have tried to capture my love of sky watching and of being in peaceful places. I set about my sessions, as always, alone with my electric/acoustic guitars and bass, playing through simple analog equipment such as valve reverb, tremolo and tape delay. I use a violin bow to get the drone and ambient sounds into a tape looper. Whilst working on the album, I tried hard