{"id":8309,"date":"2022-12-15T12:39:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/15\/the-forest-quartet-review-joyous-jazz-in-a-surreal-forest-of-memory\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:39:59","slug":"the-forest-quartet-review-joyous-jazz-in-a-surreal-forest-of-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/15\/the-forest-quartet-review-joyous-jazz-in-a-surreal-forest-of-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Forest Quartet review \u2013 joyous jazz in a surreal forest of memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PC, PlayStation; Mads &amp; Friends\/Bedtime Digital Games<br \/><\/strong>Three musicians pick up the emotional and practical pieces after their singer dies in this comforting and warm game of fiendish headscratchers with a phenomenal soundtrack<\/p>\n<p>Grief is strange and unpredictable. While countless songs depict the devastation of loss, what they don\u2019t prepare you for is the harrowing numbness \u2013 or simply feeling nothing at all. When you\u2019re conditioned to think death should elicit an outpouring of emotion, it\u2019s hard not<em> <\/em>to feel guilty for its absence, as if you are not grieving correctly \u2013 which is why it\u2019s comforting to play a game such as The Forest Quartet.<\/p>\n<p>In this Danish-developed indie, director Mads Vadsholt depicts three mourning jazz musicians coping with bereavement in different ways. The untimely death of their singer, Nina, leaves the forest-dwelling quartet suddenly reduced to a trio \u2013 and completely at a loss. Thankfully for them, their singer isn\u2019t done with hogging the spotlight just yet.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/dec\/15\/the-forest-quartet-review-joyous-jazz-in-a-surreal-forest-of-memory\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5b4b1f376c8b136529ffc21b9f27eed91a9b5b5f\/261_143_1406_844\/master\/1406.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=55bf7d5894d609868bb64ea457ea1f3e\" title=\"The Forest Quartet review \u2013 joyous jazz in a surreal forest of memory\" \/>PC, PlayStation; Mads &amp; Friends\/Bedtime Digital GamesThree musicians pick up the emotional and practical pieces after their singer dies in this comforting and warm game of fiendish headscratchers with a phenomenal soundtrack<br \/>\nGrief is strange and unpredictable. While countless songs depict the devastation of loss, what they don\u2019t prepare you for is the harrowing numbness \u2013 or simply feeling nothing at all. When you\u2019re conditioned to think death should elicit an outpouring of emotion, it\u2019s hard not to feel guilty for its absence, as if you are not grieving correctly \u2013 which is why it\u2019s comforting to play a game such as The Forest Quartet.<br \/>\nIn this Danish-developed indie, director Mads Vadsholt depicts three mourning jazz musicians coping with bereavement in different ways. The untimely death of their singer, Nina, leaves the forest-dwelling quartet suddenly reduced to a trio \u2013 and completely at a loss. Thankfully for them, their singer isn\u2019t done with hogging the spotlight just yet. 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