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Nostalgist’s New Disaffection Mini-LP Streaming in Full
Jon Rosenthal of Invisible Oranges has premiered the entire Disaffection MLP along with a new and lengthy interview with frontman Asa Eisenhardt. Read and listen here, and order the album here. Vinyl orders are already shipping out, digital will be available for whatever price you prefer as of Friday, March 30th.
Disaffection Streaming in Full Invisible Oranges
Jon Rosenthal of Invisible Oranges has premiered the entire Disaffection MLP along with a new and lengthy interview with Asa. Read and listen here, and order the album here. Vinyl is already shipping out, digital will be available for whatever price you prefer as of Friday, March 30th.
Seattle's Nostalgist presents 'Smoldering Amber', second single off new 'Disaffection' album
Seattle-based post-punk outfit Nostalgist has unveiled 'Smoldering Amber' as the second single off new ‘Disaffection’, slated for vinyl and digital release in March. The six-track offering includes five original songs and a cover of 'Texture' from shoegaze legends Catherine Wheel's 1992 classic 'Ferment'. This new single follows up the super lush shoegaze ripper ‘Present:Tense’.
Formed in 2012, Nostalgist is led by Asa Eisenhardt (vocals and guitar). ‘Disaffection’ follows ‘Of Loves and Days Ago’ (2015) and 2013’s ‘Monochromantic’ EP, which was engineered, mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, King Woman, Tony Molina).
Recorded and mixed throughout 2016 and 2017, every track on ‘Disaffection’ features great contributions by renowned drummer Aesop Dekker (Khorada, Worm Ouroboros, Extremity, ex-Agalloch). More recently, in the fall of 2017, Alex Entrekin joined as the new drummer, building on Dekker's crushing performances while bringing nuances and twists all his own. Monte McCleery (also of Seattle funeral doom outfit Un) is currently filling in on bass.
Nostalgist’s brand of heavy, ethereal post-punk is informed by bands like Lowlife, Slowdive, Lycia, Comsat Angels, The Chameleons, Killing Joke, Fields of the Nephilim, Hum, and Red House Painters.
Asa Eisenhardt comments on 'Smoldering Amber': "This is the most lyrically intimate thing I've written to date. As with many of my songs, it chronicles the beginning, middle and end of some manner of relationship, but here the words are especially dramatic (even for me, ha) and visceral. Infatuation is the most central theme. The instrumental arrangement emphasizes a dub rhythm in the verses, and I expect that influence to become even more prominent in future material. Dub was an enormous influence on '80s post-punk, so following the throughline from bands I hold near and dear as influences (Comsat Angels, The Chameleons and Killing Joke to name but a few) and investigating that sound continues to be a natural progression for me."
"At the same time, I do my best to really blend things up when I write, and both the mix and contrast of the heavy and the ethereal in "Smoldering Amber" is easily the most pronounced of the songs on Disaffection. The verse section is minimal and grooving, but the chorus is huge and lumbering. The bridge is fragile and deliberate, the outro is hard-charging, uptempo and intertwined with synth melody. Dynamics are another dimension of musical color one can explore and manipulate, really. All in all, I think this track is especially exemplary of our elemental makeup".
Emotional openness has been the band's hallmark since the band's beginnings. Since its inception, Nostalgist's sonic blend has been equal parts swirling riffs, expansive shoegaze atmospheres and airy post-punk isolation, combined with a romantic, self-questioning lyrical bent and cinematic themes. Lush layers of warm guitar fuzz and shimmering reverb interweave with melodic bass, intricate drums and evocative, determined vocals, tempering the music's melancholy with just a slight sliver of hope.
Nostalgist crafts lush and powerfully intense distortion-laden dream rock riffs. A love of film noir, a sense of isolation and a decidedly romantic aesthetic shine through what are generally vulnerable lyrics. Eisenhardt’s talents in post-punk song-crafting are illuminated in the darkest moments with the warm, glowing embers of nebulous shoegaze.
The outfit's latest output only further refines these sounds and ideas. “When writing 'Disaffection,' my sights were firmly set on creating a handful of focused, memorable songs that crystallized everything I’ve wanted Nostalgist to be, to the best and most thorough degree possible. It’s a mission statement on the direction of everything to come,” says Eisenhardt.
The ‘Disaffection’ album will be released on March 16 on vinyl and digitally on March 30 via the band's own Nostalgium Directivelabel.
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Stream Another New Song, “Smoldering Amber”
Post-Punk.com has debuted another song from our upcoming Disaffection album, “Smoldering Amber.” Have a listen here.
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ND representing this weekend at Channelfest
This Saturday, July 16th, we’re excited to be slinging our wares alongside a slew of other terrific Seattle labels at Channelfest. Free admission. Come on out and you can snag one of the final two copies of the first pressing of the Wildhoney self-titled 7″ EP (repress to come).
RSVP here.
The Catherine Wheel cover we did featuring Aesop Dekker (VHOL, Worm Ouroboros, ex-Agalloch) on session drums, "Texture," can now be downloaded along with a score of other great covers for free via The Blog That Celebrates Itself. Thanks again to Renato Malizia for organizing all this and inviting us aboard. Listen and download here:
https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/…/va-stran…
Recording for the yet-to-be titled MLP, which will also feature Aesop's drums and the cover, continues in piecemeal fashion as both Evan Foster (engineer/producer) and I have incredibly busy schedules. Things are sounding absolutely terrific-- we last tracked some wonderfully chorused and clanky Rickenbacker bass tone, and this time I'll be layering in the dreamy guitar parts before continuing with the rest. A good amount of Lowlife, Fields of the Nephilim and Red House Painters influence definitely leaked into this record.
Finally, at long last, it appears the vinyl version of our 2015 debut full-length, Of Loves and Days Ago, will be ready be the end of summer/early fall. Excited to see and hear this in its proper form. As always, it's a free download on our Bandcamp if you'd like to have a listen.
Thank you all for your support-- it means more than I could put into words.
Love, Asa
Catherine Wheel compilation, featuring Nostalgist and others, available for free download
Nostalgist's cover of Catherine Wheel's "Texture," featuring Aesop Dekker (VHOL, Worm Ouroboros, ex-Agalloch) on session drums can now be downloaded for free along with other great covers in The Blog That Celebrates Itself's Strange Fruits tribute compilation. Listen and download here:
https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/…/va-stran…
The band are still recording their upcoming MLP, which will feature Dekker's drums and the cover. But in the meanwhile, the vinyl version of their 2015 full-length Of Loves and Days Ago will finally be released in the coming months. Stay tuned!
