OUT NOW: THE WORKBENCH ON WINESAP RECORDS
“Dignified, meticulous, profoundly moving sound art. Four stars.” — MOJO
“I am so moved by this music and these visuals… A masterclass.” — Foxy Digitalis Magazine
"Harnetty creates space for a piece that is at once melancholy, uplifting, winsome, and profound... Carve out some time to let this one work its wonders on you and you may find it about you and yours as well—an ode to all we share and can, together, repair." — Aquarium Drunkard
“It’s easily [Harnetty’s] most intimate composition, drawing back the veil in ways that can be gutting.” — Matter News
"Paul spent his life fixing typewriters and extending the lives of other objects. In similar fashion, Brian now extends his father’s memory, enhancing it with a heartfelt tribute that will introduce him – via the objects he loved – to people who never had the chance to know him. The physical workbench has now become aural; we suspect his father would be proud." — A Closer Listen
“It’s a single movement to honor a relationship while reflecting on the brevity of time and the artifacts that persist amid mortality… It’s a short statement from Harnetty but one that lasts.” — Dusted Magazine
“Bittersweet… Elegiac… Harnetty doesn’t build the music around the cadences of his father’s voice, nor does he cut the phone messages into verse format. Rather, the everyday updates serve as simple interjections that drive the piece.” — Red Hook Star Review
WATCH: THE WORKBENCH
4 AND 5 STAR REVIEWS FROM MOJO MAGAZINE (UK)
WATCH: WORDS AND SILENCES LIVE AT MERSHON AUDITORIUM
WATCH: WORDS AND SILENCES LIVE FROM THOMAS MERTON’S HERMITAGE
CRITICAL PRAISE FOR WORDS AND SILENCES
“Reflective, vulnerable, melancholic and hypnotic, this is a record for times of solace, companionship and escape.” 5/5 stars and #2 Underground Album of the Year — MOJO (UK)
“Harnetty frames Merton's humane eloquence with discreet and dignified music… The monk's voice remains vital and apt; the settings are just right.” #5 in Modern Composition for 2022 — The Wire (UK)
“Harnetty reveals Merton's acceptance of frustration, confusion, gratitude, and revelation as part of his journey — and hints it is also part of ours. Words and Silences is musically adept and emotionally and spiritually resonant. Brilliant.” 4.5/5 stars — Allmusic
“Harnetty’s work is an engagement, not only with thought and voice, but with intonation and emotion.”
— A Closer Listen
“A meditation and refuge from the incessant noise of modernity, the record offers harmonious balance between distinct spiritual forces, at work both individually and in multi-layered conversation.”
— Aquarium Drunkard
