marine eyes – make amends

My ambient queen of LA cynthia bernard, aka marine eyes, is celebrating the 2-year anniversary of her debut solo release, idyll. idyll is a pivotal album for me – right when I was getting into ambient music, cynthia’s music pushed me over the edge. I’ve compared her sounds to enya-like as far as scope of soothing and ethereality. In reality, the music is gentle, comforting, heavenly. Using field recordings, her Mexican stratocaster, synth, and her angelic vocals, cynthia created a masterpiece that i’ve continued returning to anytime I’m in need of some sonic solace. I remember riding a citibike around the tip of Manhattan listening to this for the first time just when spring was beginning to bloom and just feeling showered in calm (then I took a bath to it again later and felt bathed in calm. very aquatic vibes to this airy record.)

The 2-year anniversary release includes an extended tracklisting with an unreleased track, some reimaginings by cynthia herself, and remixes by cynthia’s favorites IKSRE, poemme, her husband James Bernard (their duo is the phenomenal awakened souls) and more. cynthia created this ambient video for the b-side “make amends” to celebrate the extended release and I am honored to share it! You can read my original review for idyll here.

Get the extended edition of idyll on Bandcamp!

Album art by Nevia Pavletic