Jordan Rakei - What We Call Life - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Spencer Radcliffe and Everyone Else's Hot Spring is a treatise on being present. It's something sun bleached and clothbound, forever warmed on the dashboard, Incha sequel of sorts,Inch Radcliffe says, referring to 2017's Enjoy The Great Outdoors. And they're heading back out with him, Everyone Else is, Radcliffe's trustworthy companions Ben Austin (cello), Grant Engstrom (lead guitar), Tina Scarpello (vocals), and Jack Schemenauer (percussion), with the addition of Pat Lyons playing the pedal steel guitar. Recorded by the band and handed off to JJ Golden, to safely wedge the message in the wire, a modern day telegraph affair. Hot Spring gives us space to see where we are, to clean up with a sound that is cleanly consistent in itself, coming back on some familiar-enough seeming things as the landscapes and seasons have moved past and with everyone. The album's outlandish and wonderful art was illustrated by Anwar Mahdi and serves as the perfect companion piece to the ten dizzying and blissful songs contained therein.

Jordan Rakei - Wallflower [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/22/2017

We all grew up playing heavy music. For me personally, listening to artists like Swans, Godflesh, Neurosis and Kiss It Goodbye in my 20s was cathartic in a lot of ways. Identifying with people that have a similar world perspective, who are channeling their angst and frustration into the creative outlet of art and music - that was important.Josh Graham isn't just talking about his decades-long career in heavy music, which has included A Storm of Light, Battle of Mice, and many years as the one-man visual department for Neurosis. He's also talking about the formation of Guiltless, his new band with bassist Sacha Dunable (Intronaut), drummer Billy Graves (Generation of Vipers) and guitarist Dan Hawkins (A Storm of Light).Guiltless released their debut EP, Thorns, via Neurot Recordings in early 2024. Crushing and cheerless, it seemed to welcome the apocalypse looming on our collective horizon. InchThe EP had a pretty narrow focus starting from my ideas,Inch Graham explains. InchI wrote the basic outlines for the songs and then reached out to the guys to see if they'd actually want to play on it. With this record, my main goal was to really collaborate with Sacha and Dan and Billy because those guys are great songwriters. The new album is meant to open up the sonic palette and explore more territory.InchThat new album is Teeth to Sky, the band's first full-length. Even more pulverizing and focused than it's predecessor, the album's collaborative songwriting approach was paired with an adjustment to the lyrical content. InchOn the EP, the lyrics are as bleak as possible,Inch Graham points out. InchI wanted to try to turn that around a little bit for Teeth to Sky. It's a more introspective record. The overarching theme is taking advantage of your life while you have it. It's a crazy thing to really just be alive, floating through space on this little planet. Of course the ly