- Psych-folk
- Free folk
- Avant-folk
- Trance folk
- Singer-songwriter
- DIY
- Dream folk
- New Weird America
- Drone folk
- Americana
- Weird folk
- Raga folk
- Experimental folk
- American Primitive
Comment: Ben Chasny had been a central figure within the New Weird (America) movement during the 00s due to his one-man-project SOOA. Beyond that he had been involved in a group called Comets on Fire which in true made a bit different sound. In late times Ben Chasny has come out with a thread of albums consisting of tracks, alternate takes or aborted realizations having no place at disposal of Drag City, his domestic imprint. One of those miscellanies, Losing Tracks Of Time, nonetheless, used to sound indistinguishably as brilliantly in its enchantment as his premium outings. It might be the shell of these compositions is a bit more furry and bristled but it is as racy and arousing as before it used to be. It may be more guitar-centered due to guitar twangs and less involved in manipulating with a tone generator gizmo and electronics and prepared treatments. He steps against sublunary cravings and earthly vainness by playing iterative, trancey themes of Eastern influence. At times this silence is broken by blows in a scall therefore creating a dynamic counterbalance between the opposite sides. The latter side of Chasny`s can also be considered a positive one, a successful attempt to expel foul ghosts from inside out (do not ask for anymore is this evil either autonomous or dependent on weaknesses and impairments of a human being). A favourite of mine is Just A Little Fire which has been managed to encapsulate wobbly, galvanized sonic crust around tamed singing and an oppressed guitar. Another favourite King Coming By Carriage is a transcendental reverence to the fathers of the American Primitive movement and raga music being indivisibly mixed together. This solid 11-track outing is released on Hermit Hut which I suppose is Chasny`s own record.
