Matthew Barnes, the UK producer who records under the name Forest Swords, makes ominous, intense, meditative instrumental music. Last year, he returned after a long absence with the new album
Compassion
. (It was his first since 2013's
Engravings
, which is basically a modern classic.) He also shared a couple of non-album tracks a few months…
Stereogum — Matthew Barnes, the UK producer who records under the name Forest Swords, makes ominous, intense, meditative instrumental music. Last year, he returned after a long absen... more info