PL10 - TRESILAZE - ATLAS
numbered edition of 40, pro dubbed c64, clear shell with clear liner, embossed labels, pro printed hand scored 4 panel j card on recycled cardstock, vellum label insert, full artwork insert, booklet, clear case -- an ambitious sprawling ambient drone concept album, carefully considered yet very much in the moment with elements of industrial, minimalism, post rock and psychedelia, all thrown into a huge melting pot, guitars shift from ROY MONTGOMERY to STEVEN R SMITH to SPACEMEN 3, synths from ENO to SCHULZE to CARPENTER (note: fitting references, but there are no synths on this album, it is 100% guitar) - there's a lot to take in on this hour long magnum opus that is dizzyingly dynamic at times yet strongly cohesive, a singular undercurrent keeps everything together, flowing in the same direction, a tall order that TRESILAZE pulls off without a hitch
PL11 - LOST TRAIL - NAMES OUTLIVE THEIR MOMENTS
numbered edition of 40, pro dubbed c60, smoke tinted shells, embossed labels, pro printed hand scored 4 panel j card on recycled cardstock, vellum label insert, full artwork insert, details insert, clear case -- ZACHARY and DENNY WILKERSON CORSA have been proliferating their "ambient / drone / experimental / ethereal noise project" since 2010 - this is their 35th album, approximately - if you consider their EPs and splits then this lands a lot closer to their 100th release, and with each new work they become more and more one of the most crucial musicmakers my ears have ever heard, and this is without question one of their absolute best yet, tilting toward the noisy shoegazing end of their spectrum with torrents of grayed out distortion, wisps of angelic tones, wistful melodies, transcending above and beyond revered works like JEFRE CANTU LEDESMA's LOVE IS A STREAM, SEAN MCCANN's THE CAPITAL and YELLOW SWANS' GOING PLACES
PL12 - BURNT HILLS - PIPE DREAM
numbered edition of 40, pro dubbed c52, lavender shell, embossed labels, pro printed hand scored 4 panel j card on recycled cardstock, vellum label insert, full artwork insert, photo insert, clear case -- star blazing free rock, mind-blowing full bore barrage of guitar, endorphin blasting freight train grooves barreling through a torrent of manic shredding, insane sonic awesomeness piled up on top itself, unrelenting brute force psychedelia, bombed out basement rock splitting my mind open like a flame engulfed dragster crash highlight reel on acid, high octane gas guzzling jam meets pummeling freeform freakout, not for the faint of heart, think LIVE/DEAD "dark star" meets FUN HOUSE side two covered by an ecstatic BARDO POND SUNBURNED HAND alliance for the ages, i don't wanna boast that this is BURNT HILLS' best yet, but it is
if anyone is looking for PSI LAB back catalog - FLIPPED OUT has PL07 SKITTISH ARM and PL08 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - ECLIPSE has PL06 NEBULAE and PL07 - TOMENTOSA has the first four titles PL01 LOOM, PL02 LONELY MOUNTAIN, PL03 SHAMELESS FRIEND and PL04 KING MARY - END OF AN EAR in austin says they still have a few titles hangin around
