“feelings of desolation, redemption, animal instincts - love... this album has it all.”
Where old ghosts and ritual fires meet the folk-worn road: Dino DiMuro finally unleashes ELMWOOD the unfinished album, a "head-trippy excursion" concept record pulled from the archives after 20 years of dust. Kathodos conjures dark ritual chants for the Monster of Ravenna, while Wholesale Angel Market maps desolation, redemption, and animal instincts lurking in the far corners of our rooms. Zakalwe weaves Belfast indie folk with droning open tunings, and Jack Hayter returns with a "haunting, gorgeous, and occasionally unhinged" EP that Pitchfork calls "one of the weariest, most world-beaten voices around."
“Ethereal transmissions of folk-based labor solidarity from the past — like holding a microphone up to a Ouija board and calling out for a porch seat in old coal town - Listening Habit”
“An ambient bluegrass tune for the reclamation of the divine feminine in American culture”
“Darren Hayman (Hefner / The French / New Starts) adapts William Morris' Chants for Socialists on this album of hope and comfort”
“A collection of acoustic/folk live field recordings of existing songs and a few new debuts from singer-songwriter Zane Alexander”