Does Spring Hide Its Joy

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Does Spring Hide Its Joy | type = studio | artist = Kali Malone featuring Stephen O'Malley and Lucy Railton | cover = Kali Malone - Does Spring Hide Its Joy.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2023|01|20}} | recorded = May 2020 | studio = *MONOM (Berlin, Germany) *Funkhaus Berlin (Berlin, Germany) | genre = Drone | length = 303:01 | label = Ideologic Organ | producer = | chronology = Kali Malone | prev_title = Living Torch | prev_year = 2022 | next_title = All Life Long | next_year = 2024 | misc = }} '''''Does Spring Hide Its Joy''''' is a 2023 album by American composer Kali Malone featuring guitarist Stephen O'Malley and cellist Lucy Railton, released on January 20, 2023, through Ideologic Organ, a label owned by O'Malley.<ref name="Exclaim!"/> It is composed of three hour-long variations on the same piece.<ref name="Quietus"/> The album received acclaim from critics.

==Background== Malone composed the album on sine wave oscillators with her husband, guitarist Stephen O'Malley, cellist Lucy Railton and a "skeleton crew of technicians" in May 2020 at MONOM and Funkhaus Berlin in Berlin.<ref name="Quietus"/><ref name="PF"/>

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 82/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/does-spring-hide-its-joy/kali-malone|title=''Does Spring Hide Its Joy'' by Kali Malone Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref> | rev1 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev1score = 8/10<ref name="Exclaim!">{{cite magazine|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kali_malone_does_spring_hide_its_joy_album_review|title=Kali Malone's ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy'' Is a Beacon of Possibility|magazine=Exclaim!|last=Bryson|first=Chris|date=January 18, 2023|access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Mojo'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Mojo">{{cite magazine|title=Kali Malone – ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy''|magazine=Mojo|page=93|date=March 2023}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev3score = 8.0/10<ref name="PF">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kali-malone-does-spring-hide-its-joy/|title=Kali Malone: ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy'' Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Williger|first=Jonathan|date=January 25, 2023|access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Skinny'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Skinny">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/kali-malone-does-spring-hide-its-joy|title=Kali Malone – ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy''|magazine=The Skinny|last=Creely|first=Joe|date=January 17, 2023|access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Uncut'' | rev5score = 8/10<ref name="Uncut">{{cite magazine|title=Kali Malone – ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy''|magazine=Uncut|page=30|date=February 2023}}</ref> }} ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy'' received a score of 82 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on eight critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="MC"/> Jonathan Williger of ''Pitchfork'' wrote that "each performance is different, allowing for an ever-shifting relationship to the material and its genesis" as they are "anchored by a shared tonic drone" so "easily melt into one sprawling three-hour epic".<ref name="PF"/> ''The Wire'' felt that "such durational pieces, composed from several instruments, recall Phill Niblock, but Malone's album is softer, more atmospheric, even melancholic. ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy'' is material for deep listening, and its considerable length alone is a radical statement in times of fragmented attention".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Kali Malone – ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy''|magazine=The Wire|page=52|date=February 2023}}</ref>

''Mojo'' stated that "this is music that needs to be heard in as long a form as possible, so nothing breaks the immersive hallucinatory effect, and you can lose all sense of time, direction and place".<ref name="Mojo"/> ''Uncut'' opined that "the music spreads, and the sound engrosses and uplifts you, the tacit message feels humble and lightly worn: one of consideration, empathy and collective strength".<ref name="Uncut"/> ''Exclaim!''{{'}}s Chris Bryson felt that O'Malley's "electric guitar's saturation, overtones and distortion provide fullness to Malone and cellist Lucy Railton's mutating circuitry", calling the album "a beacon of possibility".<ref name="Exclaim!"/> Conor McTernan of ''Resident Advisor'' noted that the album "stretches out like the bleakest patches of winter before blossoming into light airy spring" as "Malone recycles motifs with a range of raw and compelling tones".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ra.co/reviews/35276|title=Kali Malone – ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy'' feat. Stephen O'Malley & Lucy Railton|website=Resident Advisor|last=McTernan|first=Conor|date=January 27, 2023|access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref>

Joe Creely of ''The Skinny'' remarked that "there are long stretches, particularly during the muted take on V1 in which the pieces are impressive rather than affecting, where you can marvel at Malone's skill with timbre without being moved in any way".<ref name="Skinny"/> Reviewing the album for ''The Quietus'', Antonio Poscic found the album to be "a monumental, texturally and harmonically rich drone that moves in waves, maintaining a dynamic presence despite its languid pace". He also found that "while Malone's compositional touch is what ultimately dictates the shape and flow of the pieces, Railton and O'Malley's contributions are just as important in building their mesmerising fabric".<ref name="Quietus">{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/32505-kali-malone-does-spring-hide-its-joy-review|title=Kali Malone – ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy''|website=The Quietus|last=Poscic|first=Antonio|date=January 17, 2023|access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref>

==Track listing== The vinyl version includes three LPs, with v1 on three sides and v2 on the other three sides.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes|title=Does Spring Hide Its Joy|year=2023|type=liner notes|publisher=Ideologic Organ|id=SOMA050}}</ref> The CD version includes v1, v2 and v3 on three separate discs.<ref name="liner"/> The digital version separates v1 and v2 into three movements each, and then adds the full versions of v1, v2 and v3 all for a total of nine tracks. {{Track listing | headline = ''Does Spring Hide Its Joy'' digital track listing

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==Personnel== * Kali Malone – composer, synthesizer * Stephen O'Malley – electric guitar, album design * Lucy Railton – cello * Rodrigo Stambuck – recording (v1) * Jonny Zoum – recording (v2 and v3) * Tristan Mazire – mixing (at Studio Garage, Paris) * François-Xavier Delaby – mixing (at Studio Garage, Paris) * Stephan Mathieu – music edit and mastering (at Schwebung Mastering) * Nika Milano – artwork

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