Forfolks cover

Forfolks

Released

Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker’s solo excursions, either by himself or with The New Breed, have ranged from avant-garde jazz jamming to fusion freakouts. 2021’s Forfolks is his most unadorned (just him, a guitar, a few pedals) and oddly his most approachable. The looping and performances are non-linear, but the effect is that of classic ambient records — from before they even had a name for it. Soft droning under jittery plucking, spliced-in city street recordings, it’s the kind of jazz guitar playing that you could use to trick your dad into getting into experimental music. Early morning music for late at night. Glorious.

Amelia Riggs

Recommended by

Suggestions
The Iron Soul of Nothing cover

The Iron Soul of Nothing

Sunn O))), Nurse with Wound
Keio Line cover

Keio Line

Merzbow, Richard Pinhas
Gift Songs cover

Gift Songs

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Paris Sessions cover

Paris Sessions

Tierney Sutton
Space 1​.​8 cover

Space 1​.​8

Nala Sinephro
O Que Será cover

O Que Será

Stefano Bollani, Hamilton de Holanda
Being There cover

Being There

Tord Gustavsen Trio
Sylphine Soporifera cover

Sylphine Soporifera

Antonina Nowacka
GREEN cover

GREEN

Hiroshi Yoshimura
Mutations cover

Mutations

Vijay Iyer
The Dreamer Is the Dream cover

The Dreamer Is the Dream

Joe Martin, Marcus Gilmore, Chris Potter, David Virelles