Cities is now in Atmos, and I can only listen in 5.1, but the rears are pretty much nothing but ambience and faint repros of percussion and backing vocals from the fronts. So, if anyone was hoping for something more aggressive on par with the surround mixes of the band's studio albums... don't.
Aw man…
Hm. Maybe for the physical release they'll follow the example of the Second Sight 5.1 Blu-Ray and offer both a "feature" and a "studio" mix. (Even the studio mix is mostly ambient-rears, but it has more clarity and definition than the feature mix, IMO.)
Thanks, will check them out but LOL, Sony Atmos Mix!
I found the previous Atmos mix for a Rhiannon Giddens album to be really good (or at least it served the excellent music very well), so I am looking forward to hearing this one.
Happy to report that on many tracks, there's more in the rears than just the faint hall ambience we heard in the preview ("Cities").
Finally full Rhiannon Giddens album. Its magnificent. Atmos mix of the year for my ears. I wish I can hear this in lossless format.
Took about four bars of that opening tune to hook me!
With some Blue Note all-star guests: Julian Lage, Arooj Aftab, Ambrose Akinmusire, Immanuel Wilkins...
