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I spend far too much time writing things that hardly anybody reads, about songs that hardly anyone cares about with analysis that very few people understand.

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Here's the audio for the 2nd track of Merzbow's album "Takahe Collage" called "Tendeko" that I wrote about today here: http://quartertonality.com/album-review-merzbow-takahe-collage-part-2/

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Sorry that my tumblr is boring and that I only ever post music stuff. It's just that I can honestly say with 100% certainty that I really don't give a single flying fuck about anything else. 

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I made this using Kyma. Everything was built up from scratch. It's best on headphones. Thanks. 

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Legendary Canadian band Sloan are re-releasing their groundbreaking 1994 sophomore effort "Twice Removed"  with a whole host of goodies and following that up with a tour.

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Kelsie Brown has been releasing a steady stream of quiet, ethereal bedroom pop on her bandcamp page under the name Red Alder for over a year. Last week, on June 24, she announced that an entire album’s worth of older tracks were going to be released, and this is that album.

Though the songs aren’t meant to fit together to create a cohesive album – as they are lo-fi demos for the most part going as far back as 2005 – the general style and atmosphere of each track is very similar throughout. A piano awash in reverb builds over the top of vocals that are simultaneously whispering and shouting to be heard on “So Gracefully”, perhaps the most well formed of this collection as far as pop structure is concerned. Despite these songs not being thought of as forming an album “In Rain I Sat Alone and Waited” does seem to pick up where “So Gracefully” leaves off melodically. Synth tones overlap, accumulating a cloud of dissonance before disappearing into the night.

Another instrumental, “Untitled 2", draws similarities to Erik Satie’s solo piano works. The simplicity of two repeated chords with a wandering, melancholic melody over top sounds uses the Gymnopédies and Gnossienne of Satie as starting points. And in “Two,” Brown’s voice cries out in occasional dissonance against the gentle piano texture.

This collection is available now on the Red Alder bandcamp page for any price you’d like. Though no performances are listed at this time, if you are in the Seattle area keep your eyes out for a possible show in the future.

Find Red Alder on: Facebook | Soundcloud | Bandcamp

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New album by Foton called "Omega" is out now on Portland's Field Hymns records. Click through to check out this ambient, experimental electronic album and to get your hands on one of the very limited run of cassettes. Only 100 available.