Oh what have we here? Another recording from the mysterious Pine Smoke Lodge who's recent cassette on Blackest Rainbows really hit the spot for me. This is a split with Archers By The Sea... After hitting play I'm surprised at what I'm hearing as I was expecting a much darker sound. It's sounds really lush actually with some super tranquil, celestial chimes over floating tones. The sweetness continues into the second track with it's primal percussion groove and distant melodies. There's kind of a ghostly carnival feel about it. Then we're into slightly new age ambient territory for the ultimate chill. Onto an almost decaying tribal percussion track with lots of effects. Out on Dead Pilot Records who are churning them out at the moment. Limited to 80 copies.
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Sound clips for Split by Archers By The Sea/ Pine Smoke Lodge: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Dead Pilot, n/a, £3.99.
Number 6 in the Spilt Series sees Archers by The Sea (Vicent, previously known as The Pistil Cosmos and "V") from France paired up with mysterious US outfit Pine Smoke Lodge.
Archers by the Sea offers up a mind blowing 32 minute track of euphoric drones and sun drenched melodies. This track is simply stunning, probably one of the best I've heard from Vincent. It's kaleidoscopic, intense and uplifting. Flaming synths gush and warble above cascading textures. It's like a journey through space at a million miles an hour. Ending with a playful psychedelic guitar passage, that seems like a dream. F**king fantastic.
Pine Smoke Lodge bring us 3 tracks of weirdo-ritualistic forest drone. Foggy tribal rhythms and lone cries of witch craft play over hazey drones and doomy textures. Like wandering through unknown lands late at night. It's ghostly and very strange. A brilliant counterpart to Archers by the Sea.
Limited to 80 copies, in standard windowed sleeve.
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