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Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 1 Review: The Other Side of the Sea

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers.

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 1

“Isn’t war a terrible thing?”

The third season of Attack on Titan ends with a lengthy jump forward in time where Eren and company are seemingly more ready than ever to realize their goal. The group has taken on some difficult opponents over the past three seasons, but as they prepare to invade Paradis Island and dethrone a corrupt king they begin to understand that the end to all of this warfare is finally within grasp. The final moments of last season posed the question, “If we kill all of our enemies over there, will we finally be free?” Attack on Titan’s fourth and final season is ready to dig into the complex nature of that question as it sets the stage for an ending year that’s big and rewarding both in terms of the chaotic action sequences and as an introspective character study. 

In many ways it feels like this final arc is really what Attack on Titan has been all about and that the series has just finally reached the point in its story where it can fully realize itself. The anime has always reflected random pieces of this larger generational story, whether it’s through the Jaeger family, the Reiss lineage, or the more recent developments revolving around the war between the Eldians and Marleyans. Attack on Titan hasn’t made these allusions to the past very subtle, especially when some characters share the memories of their ancestors. It’s explicit because this is supposed to be one big story that’s been hundreds of years in the making. It doesn’t matter who is the one that ends the cycle because it becomes a victory that ripples through past and future generations.

Attack on Titan’s final season immediately differentiates itself from the previous years and it’d be easy to confuse its new opening theme with one that belongs to a completely different anime if it didn’t advertise Attack on Titan’s name. The title sequence is full of aggressive explosions and depressing imagery that immerses the audience in persistent conflict and offers no familiar reference points to latch onto for help. One would assume that Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and Levi are still the series’ main characters, but there’s nothing in the opening credits to assure viewers of this, which turns out to be representative of the episode itself. Audiences knew that these final episodes would signal unprecedented change, but it’s amazing just how much this new story arc reinterprets everything that’s come before it. It helps this season begin on a note that’s both exciting and destabilizing in a way that Attack on Titan has never been before.

What’s beautiful about this premiere is that it feels like Attack on Titan is getting pleasure out of how much it’s messing with its audience. The episode features the Eldian army engaged in a war that they’ve been fighting for four years and the central character, Falco, appears to be just as confused as the audience. This premiere even plays with the idea that this war-torn world is reality and that everything that’s previously happened with Eren and company is just some dream that Falco was lost in—as if this has been The Matrix or the anime equivalent of the Newhart series finale. 

It’s not unusual for a series to spend time with new characters, but it’s usually understood that it will get back to the original cast at some point. Attack on Titan’s newest twist in many ways feels like a move from Lost, but what makes it uniquely different is that it’s established how characters experience the memories of their ancestors—from both the past and the future. This premiere plays with the idea that Falco is in fact the real main character and that he’s just flashed through Eren’s life in the same way that Eren experienced Grisha’s past. 

The appearance of Zeke and Reiner are the only major clues offered here, but their existence indicates that these events still take place in the reality that the audience knows. This probably occurs concurrently with the journey that Eren and his group set out on at the end of season three. These storylines will presumably intersect at some point, but it looks like it may not be for a while. Attack on Titan increasingly throws expectations out the window and “The Other Side of the Sea” deserves respect for acting like the main narrative is just lore for these new characters. Even the end credits push the idea that this is now Falco’s show and to forget everything in the past that’s been held sacred. 

The challenge then that “The Other Side of the Sea” faces is that these new characters need to stand out as well as the old characters that the audience has had years to grow invested in. These characters face a tall task with this bait and switch maneuver, yet they don’t come across as annoying or feel like a chore. Their story begins in its climax and it’s easy to get lost in it and not just think about whether Eren is going to show up or not. Many of these new faces feel like approximations of previous characters and while Falco is the hero, it’s the Hange-like Gabi who makes the best impression in this episode.

“The Other Side of the Sea” doesn’t feel overcrowded and its lack of exposition is one of its biggest assets. The episode does fit in some Titan action by the end and there are a few sequences that are especially powerful, like when it rains Titans or the Beast Titan’s assault on the naval unit. All of this is complemented by the score, which is the surprise winner of the episode. Every piece is fantastic and there are some unexpected choices where the music becomes evocative of the wartime setting or becomes more electronic in nature to compliment the chaos at hand.

WIT Studio’s impeccable work on Attack on Titan’s animation for its first three seasons is absolutely a factor in the anime’s success, so it’s understandable that some people have been apprehensive over MAPPA’s takeover for these final episodes. A transition like this is naturally awkward and one episode in is still far too early to tell how much the studio change has affected the quality of the show’s look and action. There are admittedly some growing pains in this premiere, but MAPPA is talented and they rise to the occasion and understand the expectations that are associated with this project. There’s an increase in the use of CG that’s likely to make some viewers flinch, but “The Other Side of the Sea” still looks gorgeous and it’s not the kind of drop in quality that crippled season two of One-Punch Man. The switch over to MAPPA will hopefully be imperceptible after the season is a few episodes in.

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“The Other Side of the Sea” is a phenomenal start to Attack on Titan’s final run of episodes. This premiere is so atypical to everything that’s come before it that it’s likely to be a controversial entry, but one that will gain greater appreciation after more of this season’s story comes to light. The new season succeeds by drawing in the audience to what in many ways isn’t the show that people signed up for, but one that still feels satisfying and important. It doesn’t matter if it’s Falco or Eren who leads the charge, but here’s hoping that this is, in fact, the last war.

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PROJECT// PERSUASIONS- WORLD BUILDING

The next stage of this project was to being working on groups. The tutors set up multiple types of ‘territory’, for example water, wilderness, dystopia ect. We were to choose a category into which we thought our creature from the previous task would fit best, and then within that group find other peoples creatures that best fit with our own in terms of design and ‘needs’ requirements.  

At first I picked my creature to be part of the ‘wilderness’ sub-category, but found that the other people in that landscape didn’t really fit with mine, and ended up without a group. I then moved to the water sub-category, which was actually perhaps more accurate due to my creatures sea-shell and amphibian qualities. I was in a group of five- the other creatures my team-mates had made were the following: a dragon/serpent style monster, a dog-like character with an open rib-cage, a sentient ice-cream, and my own creature. The fifth member of our group wasn’t very open or pro-active about engaging in group work, so I don’t even know what her creature is as I don’t believe she ever shared it. 

The first task was to collate our ‘needs’ that had formed our creatures and cards and as a group come up with some key points/aims. We decided to approach this by having every member of the group choose the two most important themes from their needs list and write them on a piece of paper. From this we ended up with: 

Safety 

Love

Knowledge

Friendship

Family 

Happiness 

Magic 

Home

We then refined these ideas- 

Safety= Home & Community 

Friendship= Society, Peace, Community 

Knowledge= Communication 

Family= Home 

Magic= Spirituality 

To better understand the visual elements that connect all of these themes, we made a large collage/mind map on the wall, comprised of key visual ideas for these words. This really helped the concepts come to life in my mind, and helped me to better see what kind of world we were creating together in a more concrete sense. We added extra relevant key words, connected key ideas with string, and tried to add different textured papers and materials to really bring out a sensory aspect. 

We wanted to relate all of these shared ideas to water, our shared sub-category. So in the next stage of the task- creating an imaginary world from these key words, we kept the water theme close at hand. Together we came up with the mechanics of the world our characters share under multiple headings: 

Or world is a giant city built on stilts above an endless sea. The city is a developed and well established piece of civilisation, the community thrives through networked, close knit living. They have electricity, generated through wave and wind power, with a big focus being on sustainability and care for the environment. The population is mostly nocturnal due to their worship and dedication to the moon for its tidal powers over the water. 

Our people believe in reincarnation as a way to emulate the infinity of the water cycle. Spirituality is strong in our city, the water is respected as a form of god, as is all of nature. Rain is a sign of good luck, and storms are a fortunate occurrence, not a disaster. As said previously, the moon is worshipped for its tidal power over the water. Our civilisation are explorers, endlessly exploring an ancient civilisation beneath the city, sunken under the sea for many generations.  One of the remnants of the city is a giant, seemingly magical crystal which floats in the air pocket of an underwater wave far below our city on stilts. 

Our citizens trade goods, using a currency of a specific type of water-smoothed pebbles as money. We trade items we have discovered in the sunken city for items from land that we lack such as dirt to farm with and minerals. Members of the community who are wholly aquatic travel in the water to trade partners. 

There is no specific hierarchy in our civilisation in terms of traditional leadership. In religious terms, the more aquatic the citizen is, the more in touch they are with the spirit of the water and therefore are highly respected. A council of elders who hold the knowledge of history in their memories are generally looked to for decisions, however they are not treated as kings. 

Our society is fully developed, having evolved away from animalistic tendencies. Therefore a peace exists between creatures that are traditionally predator and prey. The only set laws revolve around the spiritual belief around the power of nature. To pollute or disrespect nature in any way will be severely punished. 

Finally, we decided on our individual characters roles in the world we had created. My creature is on the council of elders, due to his old and wise-looking design. 

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A Rustic DIY Wedding in a Cow Shed

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Well, this is the first wedding we have featured that took place in a cow shed wedding venue, and it’s amazing! It just goes to show that you don’t have to have a large wedding in a stately home or a rustic barn; if you fancy a country style wedding then, hey, go and find your local cow shed!

Sarah and Jim’s wedding was a work of love. The styling details really fitted the country, rustic vibe they hoped to achieve. An abundance of hay bales (it helps when you get married on a farm), rustic pallets and crates formed the base for their styling, and together with giant light LOVE letters, candles and fairy lights, the ambiance was set.

What do you feed your wedding guests when you get married on a farm? A hog roast of course. I love the way the table was styled complete with hog’s head centrepiece!

Andy Griffiths Photography captured Sarah and Jim’s cow shed wedding perfectly, and I hope you take away loads of inspiration for your own country wedding.

“Our first encounter was actually during a student night in Leeds. We met in a club and kissed on the revolving dance floor. Sadly this beautiful, romantic act was not the start of our relationship, but it was the start of a very close friendship in which we lived out the single student life together. In our third year we finally became an ‘official’ item and our story begins from here.

Birthday Surprise

“When James proposed he’d planned a birthday surprise for me – a trip to the Lake District. We have always gone up to the Lakes hiking and cycling so I had no reason to be suspicious. When we arrived in the Great Langdale valley he handed me a larger than usual bag and told me that we would be wild camping up the mountain. So off we went up Bowfell.

“The weather was changeable with the sun peering around a rain cloud every now and then. James hadn’t quite decided the exact time when he was going to propose and the weather was playing a big part in his decision.

“Once we reached Bowfell and took the standard ‘top of the peak’ selfie we descended to Angle Tarn where we were going to camp for the night. Knowing I was at my destination I sat on a rock and dramatically ‘refused to go on’. I love hiking but the sun had come out and I had swapped to carry the BIG bag (which held my engagement ring, unbeknown to me, but to the amusement of James). James, taking advantage of the sun, grabbed both bags and began to walk off. He said we weren’t there yet, so I reluctantly followed.

“He continued upwards over a small peak, but once we got over it, to a secluded spot, the view across Langdale Valley was incredible. James quickly distracted me and asked me to look for something in one of the bags. When I turned back around he was on one knee holding the most beautiful ring!”

Cow Shed Wedding Venue

“We wanted a rustic theme to match the proposal and searched for barns in the Lake District and then Cheshire to be closer to home for our guests. Unfortunately we couldn’t match the number of people to the venue within budget. Some barns were so big but then we couldn’t afford, nor did we need, extra guests to fill it.

“We were feeling a little downtrodden when my Dad suggested I contact a colleague of his who owns a farm. I won’t lie, when we first went to see our venue I think we both hoped it would be a beautiful wedding barn, just like the others. We were soon brought back to reality… This was a working farm, and the ‘barn’ was in fact a cow shed!

“Once we got over the initial shock we started to take in our surroundings. The perfectly sized, large empty space, the wooden slats that let the sun shine through, the rolling green fields with stunning views and the industrial silos that provided a fabulous backdrop for photos. It didn’t take us long to pin down a date and from there we had a blank, rustic canvas with which to build on.

“Our plan was to have the whole day at the venue, including a humanist ceremony with my sister as the celebrant. We therefore needed to split our cow shed wedding venue into rooms. Luckily we were surrounded by copious amounts of hay and we could get plenty more. With the use of a tractor, the farmer, David, built high walls with the hay bales and we soon had three rooms for the ceremony, drinks reception and evening meal/dancing.”

Arielle Dress

“It was important to choose a dress that suited the cow shed wedding venue. I did try on some of the mermaid styles which looked beautiful but just didn’t fit the setting. I went to Wed2B for style ideas and laid eyes on the Arielle dress by Heidi Hudson. Immediately I knew this dress was the one. It has stunning detail, an open back and a lovely flowing train giving it a real bohemian style, matched with my handmade floral crown by Flash Floozy.”

“The bridesmaid dresses were from ASOS and were actually one of our first purchases for the wedding. We just loved their bright, flowery summer look and how they brought colour to the venue.

“James, my dad and the groomsmen all wore navy blue Ted Baker suits, rented from Moss Bros, with ties to complement the bridesmaid dresses.”

Simple and Rustic

“We kept the ceremony room simple and rustic with a few large features including a flower arch with wooden crates to decorate with candles, a hessian aisle runner and waterfall fairy lights as a backdrop. James’ stepdad, a welder, made us some large iron hearts which we designed to stab into the hay and decorated with ivy, hanging candles and fairy lights.

“We created our own save the dates, invitations and seating plan out of recycled brown card. Pinterest was our go-to inspiration for those essential wedding finishing touches, including wooden log place settings, handmade confetti cones, chalkboard signage and the DIY photo booth.”

“For our flowers we went along to the wholesalers with Stef (Alternative Weddings MCR) and chose a mixture of green foliage with a variety of fresh white flowers and a hint of pink.”

Pallet Bar

“We drew a lot of inspiration from pop up beer festivals we have been to where everyone sits together on long wooden tables, with the bar and surrounding furniture often knocked up from wooden pallets. James and my dad worked together on building the bar out of pallets and we finished this off with three hanging industrial lights and a big garland of hops.

“We wanted to light the cow shed up with festoon lighting to give it a festival feel. We were exceptionally lucky as our friend’s dad is a TV and film lighting specialist and was eager to help. He filled the cow shed with festoon lighting, uplights and stage lighting, and even put up a disco ball!”

Hog Roast

“We provided all the beer, wine and bubbles but we encouraged guests to bring their own booze. During the meal we gave our guests a silly farm themed quiz for a chance to enhance their BYOB with a big bottle of gin and some fancy tonics!

“The main meal had to be a hog roast! It was the perfect choice for our cow shed wedding venue, informal seating arrangement and sheer love of good, hearty food from an excellent vendor, the Striped Pig. The hog roast was sandwiched between canapés which were also provided by the Striped Pig, and a dessert table full of cakes and sweet treats which we purchased the day before.

“After raising everyone’s sugar levels we decided to go for a cheese wedding cake. We brought this out in the evening along with two large baskets of crackers, homemade chutneys and two sausage lattices.”

I Can’t Feel My Face

“Their cover of ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’ by The Weeknd first drew our attention to the band we chose. Every time we searched for bands we kept coming back to JukeBossa for their infectiously happy Latin sound and fun renditions of current songs. After much deliberation and lots of help from the band we decided ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’ would have to be our first dance song. JukeBossa really were the perfect choice and when the time for our first dance came the sun beamed through the wooden slats and their live summery style was greatly received by us and all our guests.

“Aside from the live music, my sister’s boyfriend, Martin, AKA ‘Music Man’, painstakingly put together some brilliant playlists that kept people on their feet all night. We interspersed JukeBossa’s sets with Motown, a carefully selected wedding medley, and finished the evening with old skool hip hop and RnB.”

A DIY Wedding Can Be Daunting

“We made a lot of incredible memories both on the day and during the build-up. A DIY wedding can be daunting, but the help we received from family and friends, and their genuine desire to want to help out, was overwhelming. Everyone pitched in on the day and it all moved along seamlessly, regardless of a few sleepless nights prior.

“If we had to pick a favourite moment it was the ceremony. It was so special having my sister, Laura, conduct the ceremony and lead us through our vows. We’ll never forget the moment following ‘you may now kiss the bride’ when we looked back at the ceremony room, that we had so carefully planned and created, full of all our friends and family ready to throw a shower of confetti.

“Every bride and groom say it, but the day really does go so fast. Make sure you savour every little moment and delegate as much as possible on the day so you can really enjoy being with your new husband and get round to all your guests – including the cows in our case!”

Photography: Andy Griffiths Photography

Venue: Willoughby Farm, Wigan, Greater Manchester

Wedding Dress: Arielle by Heidi Hudson from Wed2Be

Bride’s Shoes: Kurt Geiger

Floral Crown: Flash Floozy

Suits: Ted Baker

Bridesmaid Dresses: ASOS

Flowers and Trestle Tables: Stefanie Elrick at Alternative Weddings MCR

Cake: Cheese Stack Cake from Costco

Catering: The Striped Pig Company

Craft Beer: Blackjack Brewery

Lighting: Ian Swindells

Light Up LOVE Letters: Wedding Venue Lighting

Entertainment: JukeBossa

Beer Mats: To and From

Whiskey Barrel Poseur Tables: Nerissa Eve Weddings

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DIVING INTO PORCHES’ WATER EP

(By Regan Wojick for Atwood Magazine)

Water: symbolic for a pure, simple beginning. It often has to do with new life. The Water EP (released 8/23/2016 via Domino Records) is a look inside the pure thought process of indie-synth musician, Aaron Maine, otherwise known by his on stage alias, Porches. Before giving life to his 2016 album, Pool (2/5/2016 via Domino), Maine was working on (or with) a collection of demos, now released as an 8 track EP, entitled Water.

I use the word “demo” loosely though, because these aren’t demos in the traditional sense; rather than just being the bare bones of future songs, Maine’s “demo tracks” are layered, well-developed, and sung with just as much emotion as the final cut.

Water was not released to be critiqued, scored, or graded on artistic impact. Really, it wasn’t released for any reason other than being able to give fans an inside look at Porches’ musical growth, from trial to final cut. Being able to hear the way each song was crafted makes the listening experience to both records that much more interesting. The development in Porches’ artistry is evident through his trial and error process; where one artist might have been content with the collection of songs from Water, Maine was not.

The 27-year-old Brooklyn-based musician has honed in on his production skills since his 2013 synth-experimental “bummer-pop” record, Slow Dance in the Cosmos, and it’s something he was proud to utilize on the last record. On Pool, Maine writes with the same sensitive, Morrissey-esque lyrics he’s comfortable with, only this time around, he is able to capture the sound of his feelings in crisp, layered lines of synth, notable bass riffs, and clear vocal production.

I was eager to hear Maine’s evolution as songwriter and producer, and to discover the artistic transformation from Water to the transfixing, Pool.

Mood

“I just wait around

To hear the good news

I just wait around

To hear from you”

“Mood” sets the tone for the Water EP. In the introductory track, the bass-line stands alone in the beginning with only a drum pad playing beneath it, whereas on Pool, the bass-line is still there to be heard, but shares the spotlight with a starry synth.

“Are you in

The mood

I think I

I said the wrong thing”

Maine is stagnant, waiting for something to happen. He’s not sure when, or if, the person he’s after will come his way, but he’s willing to wait. It’s a song of contemplation as he is left alone with his own thoughts, replaying each still in his head like it’s a movie.

Pool

“Pool,” the title track to February’s record, is a call back to teenage purity and carelessness. On the finalized version of the auto-tuned track, the intro is simple, like what you might expect water droplets to sound like.  

“Don’t wake me up

For dinner

My body’s well

When it is still

Now that it’s still

I’ll watch you slip into the pool”

The demo track is hazy, as it relies on dreams of the singer thinking about the pool, watching his lover break the water surface.

Glow

The 3rd track on the EP, “Glow,” may have went through the most notable transformation as it went from nearly four minutes on Water to about three minutes on Pool. Maine took away the echoing drums in the introduction, and once again, cleaned up his production with dreamy synthesizers. It kind of seems like a remedy for him; when in doubt, use synth. And it works.

“I wanted to glow all night

I want you to know that i was right

So I tell myself that I

I won’t take it back”

Maine focuses on the theme of love. His introspective look on love gives each and every song a different feeling of intimacy and depth. “Glow” is no different. Rather than be about falling in love, “Glow” is about trying to stay in love.

“I tell you the truth

You tell it to me too

I know I need you

You know that we are through”

Passionate fights revolving around love always seem to get worse when you’re alone. Emotions build, things are left unsaid, or too many things were said. It’s a fine line between one’s own pride while still wanting to salvage whatever love is left in the relationship.

Car

Maine seems to follow a similar pattern when it comes to inanimate objects like pools, cars, even his own band name, Porches. There’s a strong emotive power behind the lifeless objects he expands on. He’s able to bring each insentient thing he sings about to life. His vocals sound clean and stronger than ever on the final cut of “Car.”

Interestingly enough, the Water version of the track seems like something that would have made it onto Pool. His usual artistic pattern is to add dramatic synths, but Pool’s “Car” does something that is unexpected of the record. Maine composes and adds a foot-tapping guitar riff. Sonically the demoed version of “Car” fits Pool‘s electronic pattern, but Maine’s modulated singing and much needed guitar lines give the song new meaning on the record.

“I pull up the car

And I let it run

It takes us away

From where we are”

Driving a car is something all of us take for granted. We even drive without thinking about what we’re doing; all we know is that we’re going in our usual routine to get from point A to be point B. We don’t think twice about the grand machine we’re using to navigate from city to city… moving from one life to another.

“Oh, what a machine”

Maine is marvels at the four-wheeled machine and its ability to take us from one adventure to the next.

Shaver

Shaving: an annoying routine for men and women all around. Maine takes mundane tasks and makes them a story. This time, he introduces us to the sensitive “Shaver.”

“I make my face

Smooth for you

Do you like the

Things I do”

The dark synth tune, reminiscent of the ’80s, is a reflection of how our attractions motivate us to do things for other people; whether it’s wearing a certain perfume, or shaving your face clean. Yet, more times than not, the small things we do to attract the objects of our affections remain unnoticed.

“I watch her watch

Through the rain

I want it to

Belong to you”

On Water, Maine’s voice sounded brittle, like he might fall apart at any given moment. On the final cut of “Shaver,” he sings with the same emotion, but this time it’s more of a soft whisper, begging for affection. Listening to Water, I began to feel like something might be missing. What was it? Oh yeah, Pool’s version of the track incorporates a sick saxophone solo. It gives the track another level of maturity, and it’s just plain fun to listen to.

Security

In many of his songs Maine portrays the kind of fragile, sensitive loner that a a lot of us can relate to at a some point in our life. “Security” is a simple, yet emotive song that tells the story of someone who yearns to feel stable in a world that is not.

“Man I wish

There was a place

That I knew

I could always stay”

Security can be found in a number of ways. For some, it’s with a roof over their head or with someone they love. At times, it seems like Maine is just singing into the void, waiting for someone to hear what he has to say.

“All I want

Security”

Making an album is a cut and dry process. Artists have to pick and choose what songs best represent the album and their artistic personality. Water features 2 never before heard tracks that Maine felt didn’t belong on the new record.

Black Budweiser T-Shirt & Black Dress

“Black Budweiser T-Shirt” is a raw, acoustic set. It’s a short piece. Honestly, it feels like it probably wasn’t finished as it barely reaches a minute in length. It’s a quick tune, but it’s worth a listen. It reminds us of the other side of the singer’s musical identity. “Black Dress” takes another lifeless object and runs with it. The sound is electronic, and the production is reminiscent of his first release as Porches, Slow Dance in the Cosmos. Black dresses are symbolic for two attractive things: sex and mystery, and it makes him feel “powerless.” It’s more of a loving kind of weakness, where he’s letting his guard down and taking her for everything she is, in her black dress.

Demos are like lost, hidden gems in their own light. Water has glittering moments, and perhaps it even shines in some points where Pool doesn’t. Whether one is a fan of Porches or one just wants an inside look at the way a musician works, Water offers an interesting, unique perspective on the making of an album. Water may be a record full of “demos” and unfinished songs, but it’s also the journey of an artist discovering his own, new path.

(http://atwoodmagazine.com/porches-water-ep-review/)