REVIEW: Death by Water with Galan Trio
Death by Water, featured on Galan Trio’s Kinesis , Vol. 3 was released on Neuma Records on April 24, 2026. Here’s what people are saying about it:
One of the most beautiful pieces on the record, in my opinion, is Pamela Madsen's "Fragment from the Wasteland: Death by Water", which gives you a brilliantly invasive sort of feel. You can almost sense the struggle throughout certain parts of the track, as everything becomes so big and extreme.
- Recording Artists Guild Digital Magazine
Literary inspiration continues to shape the album’s sonic landscape in Pamela Madsen’s “Fragments from the Wasteland: Death by Water,” a strikingly theatrical work that incorporates spoken word alongside the trio’s instrumental textures. Drawing on T.S. Eliot’s poetry, the piece unfolds as a layered exploration of slow unraveling and existential unease. The spoken narrative weaves through dense, often chaotic instrumental passages, creating a sense of fragmentation that mirrors the text’s themes. Yet within this turbulence, the trio finds moments of fragile lyricism, allowing glimpses of clarity to emerge before being overtaken once more by the surrounding sonic storm.
- Jonathan Widran, The JW Vibe
REVIEW LINKS
The JW Vibe
Jazz Weekly
Recording Artists Guild