SRSQ - Unreality - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Alexander Rudin - 4 Concertos for Cello & Orchestra [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/01/2005

Ever Crashing, the second LP by Kennedy Ashlyn aka SRSQ [pronounced 'seer-skew'], is the summation of a nearly three-year journey of soul searching, songwriting, and self-discovery InchI became myself in the process of making this record.Inch From the first choral swells of opener InchIt Always Rains,Inch it's clear this collection exists on an ascendant plane, capturing an artist in super bloom. Every song hits like a single, heaving with guitar, synth, strings, live drums, and oceans of Ashlyn's astounding voice, balletic and illuminated. The tracks gleam with detail, often assembled from as many as 100 separate tracks, all of which were written and played solely by Ashlyn - a feat of world-building as daunting as it is devastating.For her, however, the process is intrinsic and intuitive - even a matter of survival. Her 2018 solo debut emerged in response to the tragic Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, which took the life of her bandmate and best friend Cash Askew. Similarly, Ever Crashing began materializing in the wake of an ADHD and bipolar disorder diagnosis, prompting a profound personal overhaul. Ashlyn cites such periods of turmoil as a muse of sorts, when Inchsongs begin to echo within me,Inch gradually reverberating clearer and more vividly. As melodies and arrangements come into focus, the songs act like containers, vessels in which to externalize and exorcise tumultuous emotions, a transformation she memorializes in the climax of InchÉlan Vital Inch InchReeling in and out of deep despair / I am saved by song.InchFrom swooning end credits balladry (InchDead LossInch) to orchestral slow- burn torch songs (InchAbyssInch) to dizzying shoegaze heavens (InchSomeday I Will Bask In The SunInch), the album exudes a sense of aching grandeur and bewildered joy, rich with triumphs hard won and lost loves never forgotten. Melodies pirouette and crescendo in dazzling, eleva

Mysterious Rock/Metal band Supreme Unbeing, led by vocalist/prophet Zac Red, will the physical manifestation of their debut LP Enter Reality 12/4 via EMP tag GROUP. After observing the world for many years, Zac Red has set out on a quest with fellow prophets D. Vine, Unknown and Al Mytee, to shed light over our present existence through the medium of heavy riffs, shredding solos, and philosophically intriguing lyrics addressing issues in modern-day life. The anonymous group's only visual representation came in the form of the animated visual for InchYou'll Never Make ItInch, created by renowned visual artist Balázs Grof, which premiered in July via REVOLVER Magazine. Featuring the band's first hit messages, InchYou'll Never Make ItInch InchAnimalsInch, InchSolutionInch, and InchDreamingInch, the band will finally released their magnum opus debut LP for the World to interpret.