The faintest guitar note hanging in darkness, then gone. Kentucky Route Zero Act I opens with "The Stars Drop Away" at Equus Oils and sets a tone that no other game in 2013 was even attempting. Four tracks. That is all you get.
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"Ghosts in the Static" at Marquez Farm layers noise and emptiness into something that feels like driving past a place you will never stop at. "You've Got to Walk" is the Bedquilt Ramblers doing sparse folk that sounds older than the recording.
Four tracks for an act you can finish in an hour, and somehow that is exactly the right amount. For when you want proof that less can carry more weight.