‘Landfall’ by Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet is a collaborative album about Anderson’s experience with Hurricane Sandy, mixing music, spoken words & electronics and released on February 16, 2018 by Nonesuch/Elektra
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Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet is about loss, chaos and Hurricane Sandy in that (dis)order’ />Quietus
Her tone is dispassionate, all the better to elucidate ideas and narratives which might well seem cause for agitation. [...]
Spin
The diversions are like natural bits of free association; perhaps Anderson’s narrator is willing herself away from being consumed by memories of chaos and devastation. [...]
The Irish Times
As an exercise in soundscaping it doesn’t miss a trick, but unless you’re a fan of determined, freak-out violins, it might have limited interest. [...]