![]() ![]() I truly find this album interesting and fascinating as a cultural phenomenon. It is Enya from start to finish, the Enya who began bringing us Celtic mystical pop in the late ’80s - and who hasn’t strayed too far from that in 2015. This record is, quite blatantly, an Enya record. I feel relaxed while I listen, but neither wholeheartedly critical of, nor inspired by, what I hear. It covers the full span of the emotional canon. It is meditative and it is self-reflective. Apologies for bringing that up so close to the beginning of this piece, but it’s a real impression. ![]() I can’t help but imagine lying on a massage table as I listen. ![]() I was meditating on self, and I just fell into the abyss of Enya. “The Humming” brought me back to myself in a spiritual and nostalgic way that somehow initially numbed my criticism of the record’s music and songwriting. Is it possible that I cried in the middle of the first song on Enya’s Dark Sky Island? Well, it is possible - and it is true. ![]()
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