Missed publishing the last two days as we've been in the studio finishing up the mix and mastering of the third Towerhouser album.
In this part of the ongoing Dungeon / Fantasy Synth series, we get more than a bit beat-driven. Downright funky, if you ask me. Plan is to release this one over the summer. And with Solstice approaching, that means we're pretty darned close.
Catalyst | artist: Imrryr — Sawing synths and skittering drum machine patterns with toms and complex and overaturistic melodies (yes, I think Imrryr just helped me coin a new word) carry themes that occasionally will remind you of John Harrison's score to Day of the Dead. Going back to the
Mean Bone | artist: Buzzard — "Good evening, sir. How about some fuzzy doom from Massachusetts?" "Why yes, that sounds splendid. I'll have one of those." A half-hour later. "Your Buzzard, sir." I dig in to find a fuzz-faced melange of bassy riffing with
The Majestic End | artist: Ghoëst — I just listened to the album Faith by the Cure because I needed to listen to a pick-me-up feel-good fun-time record after hearing the new Ghoëst. | 2.75 out of 5 stars
Feather and Claw | artist: Owlbear — Owlbear gets right to it. This is bedroom poster metal (in the best possible way to think about such a description) and it fully holds its own against any of the scotch-taped poster bands of a previous era. Proving that the galloping beat is the