Seraphastra, by Matchess

Seraphastra

by Matchess

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Cassette Edition

Second cassette edition of 50 copies after the initial run went too fast.

Includes immediate download of 7-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

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	1.	The Need of the Greatest Wealth 05:18
	2.	Letters of Blood and Fire 05:18
	3.	Grey Nebulous Distance 03:50
	4.	Locus Communis 02:05
	5.	Utterly Delightful Cry of Outrage 03:12
	6.	Mind of Self-Estrangement 04:22
	7.	The Realm of the Alien Powers 04:03

about

Matchess came out of nowhere to blew the doors off my skull late last year and I still can’t get enough. This is the solo work of Whitney Johnson (she also plays in the excellent Verma and Disappears’ sideproject, E+), Chicago resident and general sorceress. With Seraphastra, there’s no going back. On the surface, it seems simple enough, but there’s so much depth to her compositions and bass-heavy riffage that there’s always new layers to unearth.

Johnson’s voice is like a hammer that won’t stop. Over the top of a bed of minimal rhythms, synthetic melodies, and guitar squalls, her vocals spin out of control like an ancient spiral circling toward the cosmos. I imagine some future civilization unearthing her music in 1000 years and holding it as a sacred relic. Seraphastra is timeless, bizarre, and absolutely wonderful.