Little H Collective :: “Frost” - Sun Cru
Little H Collective, the multi-disciplinary project and melodic moniker of Seattle, Washington-based musician and artist Stephen Harrison, returns to the sonic surface with the two-track release entitled "Frost," a familiar approach within his repertoire on the ever-expanding Sun Cru imprint. A follow-up to 2023’s “Avalanche Pass,” Harrison harmoniously humbles the echoing equator with a perfect balance of texture and rhythmic regard for the planet’s imbalance. If Frost and Harrison were to meet somewhere south of the interstellar interstate toward enlightenment, both would collide in unison, leaving behind nothing but feathering fables and meditative music notes in perfect harmony. When he’s not coexisting within the lavish layers of a local labyrinth while teaching at an elementary school in the Pacific Northwest, you can find the artist carefully crafting instruments and various woodworks through his esoteric enterprise, enriched in design, method, and poetic practice. Courageously casting numerous gestures into the generous void from afar, Harrison brings his new work to the surface in a familiar fashion, akin to his past works like “Beyond the Wonder,” “Collect and Wonder,” and last year’s “Between the Shelves: Live at Island Books - April 27, 2024.” However, what ultimately separates “Frost” from its cosmic contemporaries is the tonal traces of a spiritual season secured in strength and prosperity.
“Frost draws on my memories of walking the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail in Ripton and the scenery over Middlebury Gap.”
Carefully occupying a rare reality deep in the throes of Henry David Therough’s sleepy subconscious resides an atmospheric anticipation like that of a perfect storm on a summer night. Breathing peacefully under the ancient stars of space and time, Harrison’s anatomical ability to showcase the natural world and its soft surveillance via the sonic satellites resting high above is nothing short of spectacular. An honest documentation of a Muir-esque fever dream, “Frost” is eager to introduce organic elements into an exciting ecosystem that effortlessly inhabits elicit ears and the whispering winds of time. Across its digital landscape, tracks “Frost” and “125 East,” which refers to Vermont Route 125, a gravel route from Lake Champlain at West Bridport to Middlebury, embody the collective calmness with swift sensitivity and rambling exploration that can be heard simultaneously through the melodic mountains of liberating literature and spacious skies of sound.
