Absent Friend

The quiet, wounded centerpiece of Hex, with vibraphone and melodica over a slow tremolo guitar.
Bark Psychosis, from Hex (1994)

Written by
Graham Sutton, John Ling, Daniel Gish, Mark Simnett
Released
1994
Length
8:20
Album
Hex

Play on hypersongs

FACT called it the epic centerpiece of Hex. Pete Beresford's vibraphone and Sutton's melodica sit over a slow tremolo guitar that The Quietus heard as a possible homage to Talk Talk's Myrrhman, and the voice leads more than on most of the album; Pitchfork called it tense and wounded. Stereogum heard in its guitar patterns a blueprint for Explosions in the Sky. No live performance is logged. The upload in the hypersongs web is the original Virgin master.

More songs by Bark Psychosis

Eyes & Smiles, Clawhammer

Sources

  1. The 30 best post-rock albums of all time, FACT (2016-04-20)
  2. Hex reissue review, The Quietus (2017-09-22)
  3. Post Mortem: Hex at 25, Stereogum (2019)