Fin Healy - Yet It Moves CS

This debut cassette from Fin Healy came out of nowhere. It first arrived in our inbox via trusted ear and head honcho of Hobbies Galore, Alex Macfarlane, with (intentionally) very little context: no bio, no blurb, no “she once played in this band” spiel, just a listening link. It takes a certain kind of confidence in the age of short-attention-spans and the need for a hook to sell an album in this manner. While that confidence is more than warranted, I’m gonna ruin some of the mystique by blurbing it!

Yet It Moves fits into a long history of instrumental guitar experimentation that is going through a particularly fruitful period at the moment. Fripp-esque voicings meet Sonic Investigations-era Robert Goodge meditative and cyclical riffs to the chiming multi guitar layerings of Chatham/Branca and the shattering lead lines of Orcutt. All this seems somewhat disparate—just tied together by the non-normative use of the guitar. A killer collection of guitar-only compositions that blends all these facets in an exciting and dynamic way, never getting bogged in ambience or over-shredding!

For those seeking even more info and context, we’ve got a interview with Fin coming up in the November issue of Presser! –Mitch