Hilliat Fields – Still. Moving. Pictures.

Hilliat Fields is the work of lone multi instrumentalist covering a wide range of genres. On his latest project, Still. Moving. Pictures. he uses one guitar and vocals. This is a quiet reflective and moody release, but also one that is quite haunting and beautiful at the same time.

Opening track RAM provides an atmospheric introduction to the eight tracks that make up Still. Moving. Pictures. Whispered vocals and sparse guitar populate the song and lead into one of the trilogy of songs that make up the album title, Pictures. This is another minimalist number full of carefully chosen, almost ambient, guitar structures. All eight tracks carry on in this nature to make a mellow forty minute journey. The fact that this is the work of one person means that their vision of how this album has emerged is undiluted, the downbeat nature of the album can become slightly dispiriting if you listen to whole album in one sitting, but having said that this is a album that will sound perfect should the time and place be perfect.

This is not an album you’d ever play to get you amped up for a night out, it might however be the perfect soundtrack for when you arrive home as the sun is threatening to rise. This is a unique collection of linked soundscapes, it is deeply personal, original and individual. Would I play this on a regular basis? well no, music of this nature isn’t something you’d listen to for the day to day, this is an album that you’ll be glad you own when the time is right.

Still. Moving. Pictures. is released today and will be available from Amazon, iTunes and the usual sources.

You can stream the first single, Broken Bridges, from Still. Moving. Pictures. here

Hilliat Fields can be found on Twitter, where you can also view his artwork, here