Ilyas Ahmed
Goner

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Sound clips for Goner by Ilyas Ahmed: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Root Strata, RS30, £9.99.

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    * 1. Earn Your Blood (5:22)
    * 2. Out Again (4:32)
    * 3. Love After Love (7:03)
    * 4. As Another (9:36)
    * 5. Some Of None (5:59)
    * 6. Two Breaths (4:16)
    * 7. Enter A Shadow (6:50)
    * 8. Exit Twilight (5:45)


Portland, OR. bedroom wanderer Ilyas Ahmed emerges from the shadows and offers up his first new batch of songs in some time. Over a year in the making, ‘Goner’ sees Ahmed telescoping his previous acoustic wanderings into fuzzed out rockers and a hypnotic set of beautifully tight knit nocturnes. The whole things kicks off with a massive rush to the head called ‘Earn Your Blood’ which has Ilyas effortlessly channeling any number of stoned out trajectories found in a Topanga Canyon ditch circa mid 70’s. Massive waves of hiss still penetrate the mix, and so do the smeared vocal trails, it’s just that it’s all a little more in focus this time around. The comedown into ‘Exit Twilight’ with Grouper at the helm is a haunting broadcast that will for sure knock around in your skull for days. Edition of 1000 CD's in an offset buff case with maroon ink