Soundtrack: tttc - Foretold (2024)

79 / 100

The most refined and cohesive work to date—melding dreamlike naturalism and subtle darkness into a compelling ambient narrative.

The northern hemisphere’s summer isn’t over yet—and neither is the project from Ho Chi Minh City, tttc. The second album, Foretold, was quietly released in early July 2024 through the main home, Fruit Exports.

This time, tttc focuses on ambient and field recordings, though the opener “Summer of Happiness” still carries the dark mood left behind by the final track of Sum/mer/cury. The chirping of birds accompanies the easily recognizable pure rain sounds in “Monologue.” The whistling in the final track is meant to dispel the lingering fear from the darker tracks above it, following a better acoustic arrangement than the closing song from the Pool Party EP. Another dark soundtrack, “Vicario Brothers,” uses string instruments in a startling, horror-like manner, while “Enormous Wings” stands as a fully realized dark ambient piece—perhaps the most promising performance here.

Meanwhile, “The Dream of Birds and Trees” truly embodies an unimaginable dreamlike form of birds and trees, shaped by sounds resembling a xylophone, small moving objects, and flowing water as instruments then followed by analog tones. The field recording experiment continues in “Drowned,” which sounds more complex yet successfully conveys the sensation of a drowning incident.

Thus, out of tttc’s three releases so far, I can confidently say that Foretold suits my ears the best. tttc’s quality as a soundtrack composer shouldn’t be underestimated, and the album comes recommended for fans of Rojinski, Anihila, Atrium Carceri, and similar artists.

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