Dispatches from the Underground // August 2024 Pt.1

New Music

Paola Prestini and Nelson Patton – Ancient City (VIA Records) / Lush, spectral jazz with field recordings heightening the atmosphere – Dan Kletter

Thought Leadership – Ace of Swords (Darkly Inclined Tapes) (via Steven P)

ØKSE – S/T / Yet another bona fide AOTY contender from the consistently stellar Backwoodz Studioz. The Maassai feature alone is worth the price of admission – Nic Brown

david wallraf – Nostalgia.

Inhmost – Breaks and Dreams (Tonights Dream Records) (via GeeBeeMan)

Steve Gunn – Clean Floor (Longform Editions) / I like what Longform does generally, but this one is especially pretty, because it’s by Steve Gunn. Gently drifting 21-minute instrumental piece, acoustic guitar w/effects… – Jay Babcock via Twitter

Listening Recommendations

J Robbins – Abandoned Mansions / this has been a very beloved song for like eight years (it was released long before un-becoming came out). it has a cello solo (instead of guitar) and quotes poe. nerds rejoice – Maggie Schreiter

Max Cooper – Emergence (via Fraser H)

Jesu – Conqueror / some slow, pretty post-metal to start the day – Maxwell!

Hammer Damage – Laugh / woke up with some caffeinated old school Akron edgy pop punk in my head – Crypto-Zoological Disaster

CHXFX – Electric Creep (Castles In Space) (via Rick’s Listening Page)