Persher 'Sleep Well' is out now on Thrill Jockey. Dig in as Jamie Roberts (AKA Blawan) and Arthur Cayzer (AKA Pariah) from Karenn debut their side project bludgeoning noise tracks with a whole lot of metal and caustic vocals. It handily achieves it's goal of entertaining wryly if not unhinging you bit. If you like experimental music give this guy a spin. It's a wild ride that ultimately pays off with a rather big impact. Sleep Well... (not).
Sleep Well was mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Microstoria's 'INIT DING + SND' has been remastered and reissued. Previously separate releases in 1995 and 1996 by Oval’s Markus Popp and Mouse on Mars’ Jan St. Werner, the two have been re released in a gorgeous double LP release. From Pitchfork 'The two work together as a classic-rock-style double album, with init ding as the more playful A/B sides and _snd as the moodier C/D where the artists get down to business.'
INIT DING + SND is available on Thrill Jockey. It was immaculately remastered by Rashad Becker and mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Dead Times is a project from Lee Buford (The Body, Sightless Pit) and Steven Vallot (Muslin). The two teamed up long ago at The Sickle in Rhode Island with Aum War imprint, releasing early records by The Body and Assembly of Light Choir highly sought after releases for fans of The Body. This self titled debut release is an epic noise album has all the industrial atmosphere you'd want from these two legendary artists. It's available now on Thrill Jockey.
Dead Times was engineered by Seth Manchester and mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Austrian experimental music group, Radian, has released a new full length: Distorted Rooms. The latest from this trio does not disappoint, always pushing and pulling with subtle textures and undulating layers of sound.
Distorted Rooms is out on Thrill Jockey. It was recorded and mixed by Martin Brandlmayr and Martin Siewert and was mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake get a first ever vinyl LP pressing for their classic: From the River to the Ocean. This 2007 Thrill Jockey gem was originally released as a CD and is now reissued as a double LP for the label's 30th anniversary series. The album is a total treasure with each track conveying ease of both supreme musical proficiencies as well as the relationship between the players. This is not background jazz; it will 100% draw you in with the subtleties and sheer brilliance of performances.
From the River to the Ocean was mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Dead Horse from Bummer, is available now. This Kansas City trio annihilates on this release. Make no mistake, it is a total sludge punk ripper but with some amazing melodic foundations for your listening pleasure. Not too far off the heels of Holy Terror, their 2018 debut release; Dead Horse has a searing delivery and with track list names worth perusing for their own merit.
Dead Horse is out now on Thrill Jockey. It was mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering.
Ripley Johnson has graced us again with “Earth Trip”, the third release from his solo project. It’s a beautiful album that is truly a billet-doux to the natural world. It’s impossible not to be lifted and carried away to calm with this one.
“Earth Trip” is out now on Thrill Jockey, though last I checked inventory was low and going fast. It was recorded by Colin Stewart at The Hive, mixed by Cooper Crain at Electrical Audio, and mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon.
John Bence has delighted us once again with his brilliant new release 'Love". With expansive piano performances, this may be one of his best yet. Powerful, raw and highly emotional, Bence walks us though a time of sobering clarity and a shift towards the light. Do take some time to listen through.
'Love' was released on Thrill Jockey. It was mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph.
Portland musician Dewey Mahood,the genius behind Plankton Wat, is out with this gorgeous album 'Future Times'. Mahood teamed up with Dustin Dybvig and engineer/producer Victor Nash to create a regional experiential time capsule. This album was recorded in the spring of 2020, when the pandemic began and the feelings of uncertainty were amplified by racial injustice and coastal wildfires. "Future Times taps into psychedelia’s counter-cultural heritage as music for protest, liberation and imagining new ways of being in this world." Get this album while you can still pre order it.
'Future Times' was mastered for all formats by Amy Dragon.
Holy Sons is out with this gorgeous double LP, "Raw and Disfigured". This album certainly delivers. Emil Amos, of Om, Grails, and Lilacs and Champagne showcases his brilliance in this searing and comprehensive release. Emil "draws thematically from the archetypal tale of Quasimodo and classic ghost story imagery to illustrate the “hero’s journey” in the time of a coming apocalypse." The vinyl sold out almost immediately, so definitely check back in for a repress.
Out on Thrill Jockey. Mastered for vinyl by Amy Dragon at Telegraph.
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