Horseback
Piedmont Apocrypha (LP)
“I was born to lose; I won’t have this form forever.” So begins Horseback’s fifth full-length studio record, "Piedmont Apocrypha", with an incantation that could very well serve as the shapeshifting band’s raison d'être. Since before 2007, Horseback has served as a musical vehicle for multi-instrumentalist Jenks Miller (also of Mount Moriah and various solo outfits), chronicling his prolific, exuberant, and at times altogether whimsical investigation of heavy music(s) and their relationship with…
New dominions
This collaborative release brings together two of the most exciting artists operating at the forefront of the underground. The groups' willingness to explore new sounds, textures, and moods sets them apart from other artists operating in heavy music. New Dominions may be the most intense and brooding releases by either group. The album consists of two extended tracks. 'The Gift' begins the record with slowly building layers of bowed and looped percussion, harsh vocals, glistening tremolo guitars…