lee noble: no becoming

With No Becoming, we hear Lee Noble as he began to curtail his droning stretches into more song-based, pop-infused, atmospheric measures. His sound possessed a beautiful, bedroom-base quality, with casio beats driving the rhythm while chord organs and guitars fuse to create an undeniably emotional score. Seeing Lee's early works is like pulling open that bedroom door and discovering a man building his craft, watching how he coaxes the sounds and textures from his instruments. We've seen Lee Noble take on new platforms and dominate new plateaus as he's progressed as an artist, but through No Becoming we can see his work has never been devoid of that powerful, sentimental atmosphere. That's what makes Lee the artist he is, vulnerable and invincible, with his own sound, emerging from a pool of influences and peers. With No Becoming, we witness the man shaping and controlling his sounds, coming upon new lands, fields of resonance, filtering ideas, bending, molding, working. A beautiful album of early work, a pulling back of the curtain.