It is devastating in its simplicity. You might ask: Why does this matter to anyone outside their two-person universe? In an age of grand gestures and public declarations, why write a blog post about a woman who gave her husband a home-recorded tape for an anniversary?
The first track, “Suite for a Kitchen Floor” , is only ninety seconds long. It consists of nothing but field recordings: the sound of her chopping onions, the hiss of a gas stove, the distant murmur of a television playing an old movie. And then, buried beneath it all, her voice, barely a whisper: “I will make you soup forever if you let me.” Video Title- Victoria Lobov - An Anniversary Su...
Unlike the polished pop she dabbled in during her early twenties, this piece is raw. You can hear the chair squeak. You can hear her clear her throat. You can hear the weather outside the Brooklyn studio—rain against a tin roof. It sounds like a memory. It is devastating in its simplicity