Patient Hands Reveals "Moment ii"

Patient Hands reveals the latest track, “Moment ii”, from his forthcoming album There Are No Graves Here set for release on November 18th. “Moment ii” is available now on all music services. Listen/ Share: Patient Hands “Moment ii”

Patient Hands is the solo-project of Saskatchewan based ambient songwriter Alexander Stooshinoff. "Moment ii is the sister track of cardinal neighbour - Moment i - both composed of piano samples and field recordings,” explains Stooshinoff. “Moment ii features 6 layers taken from the same improvised piano recording, performed by friend and former classmate Craig Horan. The sense of rhythm pushes and pulls as the differing parts trade dominance and compete with the natural rhythm of the two field recordings - the first of an escalator, the second of a spool of floss being pulled slowly from its canister. The brevity of the track and lack of clear structure typify my aphoristic style across the rest of No Graves."

There Are No Graves Here is Patients Hands’ sophomore record and follows from his debut 2019 release Stoic. There Are No Graves Here is a record of musical aphorisms for heartbreak and homelessness, dying mothers, and all the ambiguity. The album title came from a recording that a professor of Stooshinoff’s played in class. “I heard the line”, says Stooshinoff, “”there are no graves here,” and it stuck with me. The idea of ‘no grave’ became a metaphor for feeling like I had no place to bury the past. The past was constantly alive.”

Patient Hands draws inspiration from artists such as Grouper, Sun Kil Moon, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. A Russian Doukhobor (‘spirit-wrestler’) originally from the Canadian Prairies, Stooshinoff relocated to Montréal in 2015, where he earned a degree in philosophy and electroacoustics before returning to his native Saskatchewan. Early 2020 saw a reissue of Patient Hand’s debut full length album, Stoic, on Japanese label Moorworks, and an accompanying 13-date Japanese tour. There Are No Graves Here will be self-released internationally later this year and via Moorworks in Japan.

Patient Hands’ There Are No Graves Here is out November 18th 2020. Pre-order now.

1. Opening
2. No Graves
3. Dinner
4. On Hiatus
5. Supper
6. Your Wife, Your Husband
7. I Did Your Dishes
8. Not Wake Up
9. And I Swept the Floor
10. The Automatic Door
11. Moment i
12. Moment ii
13. Wash My Hands