New Music Friday: True Microtonal Math-Rock, Brass Ambient
June 12 releases include Horse Lords, Kalia Vandever, Goetia and Diles Que No Me Maten.
How are y'all liking these New Music Friday posts? Do you miss the long, sprawling mix tapes? Or does it help to have a more digestible 6-10 album sampler with some sticky note-length thoughts? I'm genuinely curious!
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Horse Lords, Demand to be Taken to Heaven Alive!
Only True Microtonal Math-Rock is real. Ecstatic, inventive and playful music that keeps you guessing at every turn… now with digitally manipulated hocketing! AOTY contender.
Kalia Vandever, Mana
Reshapes trombone and voice for something more intimate and spacious. It's giving Arthur Russell's World of Echo, Harold Budd and Brian Eno's The Pearl. Stunning, vulnerable work.
Goetia, Mortuary Cult
D.C. death metal trio bursting with personality. Grinding hardcore brutality, Venom-ous ridiculousness, tasty breakdowns.
Vorhex Angel, Drain
The shamanistic ying to the wild, feedback'd High Rise-style yang of the psych band's early material. Puts melodic sensibilities of Jeff the Brotherhood past to good use, stretches them into droning pastorals.
D.C Cross, Open Guitar (Volume Two)
Three hours of DADGAD improvisations out in nature, with all the bird chirps and tractor rumbles left in. You really do fall into the environment quickly, soaking up the light between the leaves.
Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders, Liquid Donnon
Heady jams that'll shake loose the rambles and brambles. Grateful Dead is the guiding light, but Shakey-style solos and a free-jazz spirit untether the band from this realm.
Diles Que No Me Maten, Escrito en Agua
Can-funked, J Dilla-wobbled, Slint-plodded post-rock from CDMX. Maybe a little Gentle Giant, too, why not. An adventurous hang that nevertheless seeps slowly into a deep consciousness.
BASIC, BASIC
When bucolic grooves, ecstatic electronics and art-punk overlap at the outdoor festival, and create a fourth stream of sound — wild, free and spirited.
Sami & Sir E.U, Survival
The title track is SUCH a banger. Dark, mysterious synth lines propelled by classic house breaks and a psychedelic rap performance that teeters between hope and determination.
Picastro, Double On Time
I have not seen Backrooms, but this feels like Backrooms. Chamber indie-rock played sideways, ambient lullabies for lost ghosts, slowcore glitched into liminal spaces. A confounding, but rewarding 16 minutes.
The Church of Hate, Les Plus Belles Fleurs
An anti-record in playable, digital form. Subtle, satisfying noise that samples and loops pieces of a Jules Massenet opera. A haunt that soothes.
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love the new music friday posts! keep them coming, so many discoveries
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