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Triple Clawing, Joyless Noises, a drone guitar duo and chords of a witch...
Clawing - Spectral Estate
Debut full-length from noise/dark drone/spoken word trio Clawing. Jeff on guitar and synths, alongside Austin Gaines (Calques, Japanese Women) and Matt Finney (It Only Gets Worse, Heinali). Bleak and disturbing stuff. Cassettes available from Dullest Records.
Joyless Noise, Vol. 5
You float through the void in your doomed ship, your mates all dead, biding your time staring into a dim mirror, repulsed and entranced by a hideous reflection. Volume 5 in a series of joylessly noisy musicks. All music created and recorded by Jeff McLeod at The Subversive Workshop, late 2017 - April 2018. Skeletal Reflection 1 & 2 were originally created for Freakface Radio and the magazine boardgame Freakface, released by Emperors Of Eternal Evil.
Clawing/Offerbeest Split
Two of the finest practitioners of unsettling audioscapes team here for varied takes on drone, noise, and sonic wrangling. Clawing’s work here is an expansion on the ghostly world conjured on their masterful debut, "Spectral Estate," with an unsettling aura that rests atop a current of anxiety and contemplation. Offerbeest is one of the many guises for Dutch artist Maurice de Jong, perhaps best known for his work in the twisted black metal / experimental terror that is Gnaw Their Tongues. With Offerbeest, Maurice relies on analog synths to conjure bleak passages through demon haunts. High quality cassettes, digital downloads and streaming via Nailbat Tapes.
Witchchord - Materialize
Second release from Witchchord. Recorded and mixed by the band once again. Mastered by Jamie Uertz at Silver Cord Studio in NYC. Artwork by Shea Goodwin. 8 tracks of freaky, dark, instrumental prog rock that will twist your brain. Streaming and downloads at the link below.
gowith - Dreams Really Can Come True
Two new tracks of psych guitar drone from gowith, my duo with Marshall Marrotte. Recorded on and mixed to tape at Zero Return by Jim Marrer on 5-19-18. Analog tape mastering by Tom Borthwick at SiS Studios.
Clawing - Labour
30 minutes of conceptual dark drone & noise, featuring the spoken word of Matt Finney, on this third release from Clawing. Downloads and pro-dubbed cassettes available from Grey Matter Productions.