''Similes'' is the fifth album from

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ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name

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. The album features Cooper's first vocal performances and percussion, and is the first album to have a verse-chorus form in some of its tracks. The front cover is an artwork created by his wife, Jeannie Paske, who painted artworks for most of his other albums.

Tour

Eluvium toured across North America in the end of April and throughout May 2010, for the first time performing as a trio - featuring Eric Masey (who joined him on the

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disc) and Charles Buckingham (with whom Eluvium made the Concert Silence project), "both on keyboard duties as well as samples and live manipulation".Eluvium's official website
/ref> At the tour Eluvium performed 5 tracks from ''Similes'' (only those which feature vocals) and 4 tracks from his previous albums.

Track listing

# "Leaves Eclipse the Light" – 5:42 # "The Motion Makes Me Last" – 5:24 # "In Culmination" – 2:54 # "Weird Creatures" – 4:31 # "Nightmare 5" – 3:26 # "Making Up Minds" – 6:28 # "Bending Dream" – 2:40 # "Cease to Know" – 11:16

References

2010 albums Eluvium (musician) albums Temporary Residence Limited albums {{2010s-electronic-album-stub