so long Duck…

woodsist:

HERBCRAFT TOUR

BRAINSHADOWS - “RIPE”

An 8mm film by Jamie Rinaldi
(with assist from Nicholas Barker)

Cursillistas
Observe Ember Weeks
L’Animaux Tryst Field Recordings LTFR-1204 
LP
£18.99 

Beautiful new broadcast from the heart of the new weird, Maine in New England. Cursillistas is Matt Lajoie, who also records as Herbcraft, but here he is primarily concerned with rural spectra and widescreen re-imaginings of the revelatory potential of dosed folk forms. The LP opens with a mesmeric slice of slow-motion banjo, drone, Spacemen/Skip Spence vocals and ascending astral Americana that comes over like the Sandy Bull Hallelujah Choir in space before dropping into linked choirs of wordless female vocals that melt all over a raga guitar/vocal hallucination that’s straight out of the Jacob Olausson/Joshua Burkett school of mesmerising acoustic sorcery, complete with whistling! The LP consist of stray tracks mopped up from cassette and CD-R releases, all gathered for the first time on vinyl and bookended with brand new studio material and as such it feels like a travelogue, the music seeming to mutate in front of your ears, moving from whimsical/forlorn acoustic poetry w/a mystic/childlike edge that could almost pass for (UK) Kaleidoscope through electric/acoustic orchestral imaginings that touch on the kind of virtual big-band folk gnosis of The Tower Recordings. A phenomenal record with a singular psychedelic atmosphere, hand-numbered edition of only 225 copies with individually silkscreened sleeves on art paper, every one unique. Highly recommended. 

broadcastsfrompoorfarm:

Lightning Strike Lightning

Creepy Power

L’animaux Tryst Field Recordings (2011)

LTFR 33 - c40

.MP3 - 320 kbps

.JPGs of j-card covers, cassette labels, and fabric sleeve

.JPGs of front of poloroid with track-listing on backside

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L’animaux Tryst has put out a total of 3 releases by Lightning Strike Lightning. All three of these have been huge favorites here. The newest of which was put out recently in an edition of 33, now sold out at the label. Each copy includes a unique poloroid with hand-written tracklisting on it’s backside, all housed in a fabric sleeve. More great banjo/drum/vocal drone goodness with tasteful additions of electric guitars, a great follow up to “Turn Myself Into The Ocean”.

One of the 2011 best’s.

2006-2011: Five Years of Brain Offerings [new limited analog releases from BRAINSHADOWS & ORACLE OFFERING]

Less than a week left to order the debut BRAINSHADOWS 7” at the discounted pre-order price of just $5 at the L’animaux Storefront or $5.50 at Bandcamp (includes high-quality digital download of both tracks).

“The A-side “Wild Cherry” is a terrific piece of stark and dense psychedelic folk, with an irresistibly propulsive percussion and beautifully layered organ and distorted guitar sections that lay a heavy fog of noise over the muffled, distant vocals that fade away in a thick haze of echo and reverb. An absolutely phenomenal tune, without doubt one of the finest in its genre this year.” - No Fear Of Pop

cabinflooresoterica:

Come hang out on the couches and listen to 10 years of Time-Lag records, then stick around for a killer show. I would make a long drive for this if I had to.