The truth, as it were: this wasn’t their town to skip. They did leave—the sun taking to the backseat faded, through the rear dust rising, a stone-washed scene—not free, but indeed gone.
CDY3, a towering 10″ of outsider goth folk and the latest from Haley Fohr under the name Circuit des Yeux, is out now on Magnetic South.
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Empty, to the tune of silence, to the hiss of thin glass, the shrine throbbed, released from the pressure, relieved of its grief.
When talking “Vespers” with us, Edmonton friend Ghibli landed on a mental picture: a room during some youth retreat filled with dozens of people emotionally letting go for hours—a “venting vortex”, he captioned it. And as such, Thomas likens this track to the physical feeling of having no more tears left to shed. That catharsis runs wild on “Vespers”, latching onto its beat, twisting a choir‘s hymn until completely dry.
This serves as the opening to Clubs, due out next month.
And to the forest’s delight, these stones chimed in crystalline syncopation—themselves the hallow instrument; the creek, its performer.
Stories, the first solo album from Masayoshi Fujita outside of his work as el fog, flows with an earthly grace, evocative and deeply beautiful. Excluding some well-placed strings, the Berlin-based Japanese artist illustrates eight scenes of nature almost solely using the vibraphone, which at times he greets with a bow and inventively coats with bead and aluminum foil. The release is available worldwide January 21 through the ever-tranquil minds over at Flau.
[The image above is derived from a Jay Dickman photograph)
The pillow stretched out past the headboard, endlessly, it seemed. The night was still in its infancy; this lullaby, she thought, should carry on…
Night Sides | Dream
Night Sides | Lullaby
Night Sides, the self-titled debut EP from Vancouver-based visual artist Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty, operates mainly in shadowed isolation, draped in drone—melodies subtle and vocals sparse—making the late appearence of a timeless cover especially satisfying. It’s best taken as a set, all of which is available at bandcamp.