And the Light Swallowed Everything
{{Infobox album
| name = And the Light Swallowed Everything
| type = studio
| artist = Seirom
| cover = Seirom - And the Light Swallowed Everything.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2014|5|1}}
| recorded = {{Start date|2011}} – {{Start date|2013}}
| venue =
| studio = De Bejaarde II, Drachten, NL
| genre = Shoegaze, dark ambient
| length = 47:24
| label = Burning World
| producer =
| prev_title = December Sleep
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Strandheem '92
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Maurice de Jong
| type = album
| prev_title = Plague Beasts
| prev_year = 2014
| title = And the Light Swallowed Everything
| year = 2014
| next_title = Strandheem '92
| next_year = 2014
}}
}}
And the Light Swallowed Everything is the third full-length studio album by Seirom, released on May 1, 2014, by Burning World Records.{{cite web |first=Maurice |last=de Jong |url=http://www.devotionalhymns.com/chello/pagina%203.html |title=Discography |publisher=devotionalhymns.com |date=2011 |accessdate=December 25, 2015}}{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002635327|pure_url=yes}}|title=Seirom: And the Light Swallowed Everything > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=December 25, 2015}}{{cite web |first=Francesco |last=Nunziata |url=http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2014_seirom_andthelightswallowedeverything.htm |title=Seirom: And the Light Swallowed Everything |publisher=Onda Rock |date=May 26, 2014 |language=Italian |accessdate=December 25, 2015}}
Reception
José Carlos Santos of Terrorizer lauded the album, describing the music as "hauntingly, harrowingly, luminously beautiful." He concluded by saying, "Do you know when death or near-death experiences are sometimes portrayed in the movies from the perspective of the dying, when there’s a huge flash of white light that fills the whole screen? This album is a sort of sonic equivalent to a still frame of that exact moment."{{cite web |first=Kez |last=Whelan |url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/streams/stream-seiroms-light-swallowed-everything-entirety/ |title=Stream Seirom's 'And the Light Swallowed Everything' in Its Entirety |publisher=Terrorizer |date=30 April 2014 |accessdate=December 25, 2015}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_music = Maurice de Jong
| title1 = I Could Not See You Through the Clouds
| length1 = 4:34
| title2 = And the Light Swallowed Everything
| length2 = 5:45
| title3 = I'm So Glad to Have Been a Part of You
| length3 = 5:46
| title4 = Starshine
| length4 = 5:11
| title5 = The Best You Can Be
| length5 = 4:33
| title6 = Leaving
| length6 = 6:11
| title7 = Exalted
| length7 = 4:47
| title8 = Last Snow on the Mountains
| length8 = 5:04
| title9 = What Could Have Been But Never Will Be
| length9 = 5:33
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the And the Light Swallowed Everything liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=And the Light Swallowed Everything |others=Seirom |year=2014 |type=booklet |publisher=Burning World Records |location=Nijmegen, Netherlands}}
- Maurice de Jong (as Mories) – vocals, instruments, recording, mixing, mastering, cover art
- Franscesca Marongiu – vocals (3)
- Aaron Martin – cello (6, 8)
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| Netherlands
| 2014 | Burning World | CD, LP | BWR037 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=683348 |name=And the Light Swallowed Everything}}
- [https://gnawtheirtongues.bandcamp.com/album/and-the-light-swallowed-everything And the Light Swallowed Everything] at Bandcamp
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