"Field Anatomies" reviewed in The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/arts/things-to-do-this-weekend.html

“This set gets off to a vivacious start with the composer David Bird’s “Atolls,” for a solo live piccolo that often plays alongside 29 prerecorded parts. In its opening minutes, the composition wastes no time in showing off Cocks’s febrile instrumental prowess. But there’s also much to revel in as the background piccolo parts take on a greater presence in the mix.

On his website, Bird writes that he derived pitches for the background piccolos by analyzing “a crash cymbal and Janet Leigh’s infamous scream from Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho.’” Despite the clear sense of alarm carried by that source material, Cocks’s realization of the work evokes more contemplative moods. That satisfying, subtle array of approaches finds consistent expression across the balance of the album.”

SETH COLTER WALLS