Blending cosmic new-age (think Constance Demby’s “Novus Magnificat”, but more minimalism-ized) ambiance with dark baroque/dungeon synth textures (see: Fief or Chaucerian Myth), Phantoms Vs. Fire are in a dedicated limbo all their own, and it’s beyond otherworldly.
Through bowed/pizzicato strings, field recordings, modular wizardry, & an ever looming sense of getting lost in a sundowning woodland, “Superbloom II” will spin magical self-eating tales around the consciousness of anyone who dare lend a closed-eyed open-ear. I cannot recommend this intake enough!
Cranking out some truly hallucinatory stuff here, Austin’s MYSTIC TIMBRE imprint is progressively rock-fucking-solid, and pretty much their entire catalog is drool-worthy, so…study time, folx!
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—Jacob An Kittenplan
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