Wax Machine Releasing Hermit’s Grove July 1; Preorders Available
Psych-folk rockers Wax Machine have vibe to spare if you’re ready for some. The Brighton, UK-based project spearheaded by Brazilian-born multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Lau will release their second full-length, Hermit’s Grove, on July 1. I haven’t heard the full thing, but there are three songs streaming already, so if this is the first you’re reading about it — and given that the entire universe is more on its shit than I am, I suspect it’s not — there’s plenty to dig into. I don’t think you’ll regret it as a way to spend a little time with some audio.
Wax Machine signed to Beyond Beyond is Beyond in latest-2019 and from there released their debut, Earthsong of Silence, in Spring 2020. Escapism ensued. The band says Hermit’s Grove is coming out through Batov Records, and that’s fine of course — bands changing labels between albums sometimes is a thing, you know — but my question comes in where the Bandcamp address for Hermit’s Grove preorders still has “bbib” in it and the Batov Records link on that page goes to Beyond Beyond is Beyond. Bottom line is there’s some relation between the labels or at very least a collaboration on this release, and I’m leaving it at that because I don’t imagine anyone cares enough to warrant this paragraph continuing. But these are the things I think about. And get wrong. All the time.
I honestly don’t know if I’ll get to hear this record or not, but I saw it was coming and wanted to put out the note because I liked the last one. Simple creature.
From social media:
WAX MACHINE – ‘Hermit’s Grove’
Our second album ‘Hermit’s Grove’ will be released on Batov Records on 1st July and is available for pre-order here – https://batov.lnk.to/HermitsGrove
Limited edition coloured vinyl is sold out already and the black copies are selling fast.
Artwork by the one and only @andrew_mcgranahan
This album was made during a transformational time in my life. The music was a doorway into an inner world beyond the limitations of my old identity. It is an invocation of the Sun and the Sea. An exploration into the tones of my Brazilian roots. The sound of surrendering to blissful solitude. An ode to mother Earth and a call for reconnection with her divine flow.
It was also mostly recorded and mixed in a tiny closet room directly above the mortuary in a funeral care place. It was quite a challenge working around the hum of the refrigerator, trying to keep my feet warm and dealing with the ghosts in the machine…
Love to all! – Lau
Compositions written and arranged by Lau, except for Canto De Iemanjá (written by Vinícius de Moraes and Baden Powell)
Lau – guitars, bass, vocals, percussion, drums (on Springtime)
Toma Sapir – drums, percussion, samples/synths
Isobel Jones – flute, vocals
Adam Campbell – electric piano
Freddie Willatt – tenor saxophone
Marja Burchard – vibraphone (on Gaian Dream)
Ella Russell – vocals (on Canto De Iemanjá)
Kate Mager – bass (on Canto De Iemanjá)
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