Angel Tears In Sunlight

Angel Tears in Sunlight is Pauline Anna Strom’s first album in over thirty years; an assemblage of music that refracts the expansiveness, and minutiae, of imagined realms while embracing the kaleidoscopic echoes of our distant epochs. Following the 2017 release of Trans-Millenia Music, an anthology revitalizing the most evocative parts of Strom’s catalog, the Bay Area visionary sensed the universe telling her to return to music.

As with her work in the 80s, Angel Tears in Sunlight was composed and recorded in the same San Francisco apartment where Strom has lived for almost four decades in synthesis with her machines and “dinosaurs.” Populated by a compact array of modern instruments that streamline the sound of her analog past and her beloved iguanas, Little Soulstice and Ms Huff, the terrarium of her home forms an intimate yet limitless ecosystem that defies the constraints of the outside world. 

Where Angel Tears in Sunlight opens a new passage in the transportive power of Strom’s work, the synthesist also nurtures space for restorative listening. During her absence from composing, Strom turned to a practice of spiritual healing, which she recognizes to have deepened her understanding of music as “the connective link between the source and us.” 

Pauline Anna Strom’s Angel Tears in Sunlight will be released on February 19, 2021 in LP, CD, and digital editions. A portion of the proceeds from this release will benefit The International Iguana Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting conservation, awareness, and scientific programs that enhance the survival of wild iguanas and their habitats. 

Tracklisting

1.  Tropical Convergence
2. Marking Time
3. I Still Hope
4. Temple Gardens at Midnight
5. The Pulsation
6. The Eighteen Beautiful Memories
7. Equatorial Sunrise
8. Small Reptiles on the Forest Floor
9. Tropical Rainforest

CD Tracklisting

1. Tropical Convergence
2. Marking Time
3. I Still Hope
4. Temple Gardens at Midnight
5. The Pulsation
6. The Eighteen Beautiful Memories
7. Equatorial Sunrise
8. Small Reptiles on the Forest Floor
9. Tropical Rainforest 
10. Words in Motion (Bonus Track)