The Living Sky to Release Enter the Sky April 29; Premiere “Cooling it Down”
The story here couldn’t be simpler, so don’t let me keep you from streaming the premiere of The Living Sky‘s ‘Cooling it Down’ at the bottom of this post. The song is the lead single and opening track of the Minneapolis make-a-space-with-sound-and-see-what-happens duo’s debut album, Enter the Sky, and stay with it through the drones and the reaches and you’ll find yourself in a time loop of echoing vocals and strummy ’70s singer-songwriter guitar, far back everything as the two-piece of Jason Millard and Matthew Himes signal the high grade drift-psych to come, peppered with keys, folk melodies and a full sense of being all the way gone.
At seven songs and 28 minutes, The Living Sky don’t waste their time or yours, and in that, avoid the trap of pretense that might otherwise consume a release like this, but more than that, it’s the feeling of serene exploration in “Running Lights,” or the way in which the cavernous title-track bursts out with howling guitar noise-fuzz like an old Six Organs of Admittance experiment, emphasizing both how quiet much of the record has been and how they’re no less capable of breaking that particular vibe in half if called to do so. Right on.
Dudes with a record reached out through the contact form and I dug it. Told you it was a simple story:
THE LIVING SKY – “Enter the Sky” (H&G-1012)
Seven new sunset rides through morphing mirage, fading fast into forever.
First round from the new high mileage vapor trail unit THE LIVING SKY, delivering cosmic rock & roll knowledge from the lesser known highways.
We’re pleased to finally unleash the debut album from new duo project of Jason Millard and Matthew Himes.
The boys have worked together closely in various capacities for years, and THE LIVING SKY is the latest strange form, a blasted blend of smeared astral boogie, garage fuzz drift, and bleary eyed groove from the frozen Midwest.
“The world is a cylinder inside me,
on these unleaded wings I’ve learned to fly.
Two globes spinning in feline eyes.
On beams I ride, till freedom fried.”
With elements of wispy commune rock, deep fried drone, and an almost tropical left-field funk, the tunes are guitar heavy, quasi-rural, with accents of Farfisa, hand drums, flute, wailing feedback, and mystery ocean tone.
Horizons expanding slowly, new music for today’s tomorrow.
Available on limited edition c30 cassette / digital download on 4/29 – http://home-and-garden.bandcamp.com/album/enter-the-sky
Tapes are real time duplicated to hi-bias Type II Chrome, clear shell cassette with printed b/w labels and stamped ink details. Featuring artwork by Levi Haga, each element is individually hand-stamped in bright sky blue ink to acid free Bristol board. Includes double-sided art paper insert with duo tone band photo and info. Limited numbered edition of 50 copies.
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TRACK LISTING:
1. Cooling It Down (4:01)
2. Running Lights (3:38)
3. Wishing Well (3:30)
4. Blurred Horizons (3:28)
5. Cylinder (3:33)
6. Enter the Sky (8:43)
7. Evening Wheels (1:52)
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