Brava to Heather Roche for a great review in The Wire–go hear Ptelea if you haven’t already!

As if to establish from the start that she’s not inclined to aesthetic navel-gazing, Aaron Einbond’s Resistance steers the snuffing, yelping articulations of a bass clarinet towards a collective voice of human protest, emanating from a speaker placed within the instrument’s bell.

—The Wire

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