Alexander Noice makes music that is full of complexity yet also full of mirth. On his 2019 album NOICE (also the name of the ensemble he gathered for that record), his guitar work joined forces with alto saxophone, bass, drums (both acoustic and programmed) and the twin vocals of Karina Kallas and Argenta Walther as they worked their way through Noice’s knotty but endlessly catchy compositions.
…On Perpetually and Forever, Noice handles the lion’s share of the instrumentation, credited with guitar, piano, synths, vocals, and programming, with saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet added to a few of the tracks. While the somewhat “one-person band” status of the record may lead other artists to adopt a more minimalist…