Richard Reed Parrys Quiet River of Dust is an album in two parts, the first volume of which comes out on 2018s autumn equinox, Sept. 21. All began when the member of Arcade Fire found himself in Japan, wandering through a forest of ghosts, who sang his past back to him. Inspired by English folk, Japanese death poems and psychedelic experimentalism, this album is what happens when late-20th century avant-garde composition meets traditional songcraft with haunting harmonies, written and performed by a member of a Grammy-winning rock band.