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- Summary: The latest full-length release for Whitney Johnson as Matchess was inspired from a visit to the Dhamma Vhadanna Meditation Center, near Joshua Tree, California.
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- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Drone
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The WireMar 30, 2022What makes this Johnson’s most compelling album to date is its unexpected emotive clout. In submerging the melodic substance of the songs in rolling drones, it is able to approach almost undetected and slink away with guile. [Mar 2022, p.50]
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Mar 18, 2022It'll take at least a full listen or two to adjust to the album's structure and arrangement. Once it clicks, it's a truly unique, engrossing experience that plays with one's perception of memory in relation to music, somewhat reminiscent of the Caretaker's work, but far from its sense of romanticized nostalgia.
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UncutMar 18, 2022It's a high-concept work that also stands on its own, radiating beauty, calm, comfort and energy. [May 2022, p.30]
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Mar 18, 2022Sonescent slips between Reynols’ brilliant Blank Tapes, where you imagine musical shapes coming from re-recorded sleice, and Ned Lagin’s immersive Seastones series, where there’s so much music you have to tease out the hidden figures.
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Mar 18, 2022Johnson has created a truly striking piece of art here, even more ambitious and experimental than her previous Matchess releases. And that’s saying a lot.