The Night Watch - An Embarrassment of Riches (2019)

The Night Watch are proud to present their third full-length opus An Embarrassment of Riches, an instrumental conceptual epic of depth and scope that represents the culmination of years of painstaking work. The story loosely follows a nameless explorer who finds themselves shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island. Much like the looming peaks adorning the gorgeous cover (courtesy of artist Alice Duke) An Embarrassment of Riches is a towering and richly detailed journey through external and internal landscapes, where post/progressive/black/doom and folk metal weave their way through a tapestry of post-rock/folk/jazz and classical textures. To take their sonic storytelling to even greater heights, the band collaborated with famed visual artist Costin Chioreanu (Opeth/Emperor/Wardruna) who animated a stunning video for The Summit (Part I). The album's digital booklet also consists of artistic treatments for each song (once again by Alice Duke) as well as a poetic interpretations revealing additional layers of the story's themes and concept. From cavernous valleys of solitude and paranoia, to soaring peaks of transcendence and affirmation, the turmoil and triumph one would imagine facing on an isolated land mass are herein expressed through harrowing tales of dynamic sound, carrying listeners on a wordless journey to the root, and summit, of human experience.