ace012: super minerals "multitudes" CD $13 / CD + tape $18
There are a lot of good times happening in SoCal these days and the Stunned Records/Magic Lantern crew is responsible for a whole hell of a lot of it. Well, Super Minerals are an important cog in that machine and this duo's intentions are blaring loud and clear on their first proper CD, "Multitudes." This duo of Phil French and William Giachhi may rip it up when they're moonlighting in Magic Lantern, but here they are burning it all down slow.

This is an album full of zoned-out drones that smolder and sink deep down into the mud. Synths wallow in the sun-dried ruins while guitar & bass write new epochs with shards of sonic debris. Fried whispers drift in the analog breeze slipping in and fading out before you even realize they're there. Late night whirrs and gentle skeletal purrs make a home in these aural prisms, never quite letting the blood boil. But Super Minerals will guide you as you meander through the rain-soaked city streets, never quite leading you back home.

Limited to 500 copies in gatefold jackets. Special edition includes limited live cassette with full-color j-card - limited to 100 & sold-out.

tracklist:
1. graves
2. pupae
3. heatless
4. the view
5. absorbed in the bright land
6. horned territory
7. multitudes
8. coda

Praise for Super Minerals' previous releases:

The puttering drone of this segment blends easily into the murkier wash of “Bathyal”, an experience on par with the prior for its higher registers and bold vocal insertions which compensate for the compounding content pressure. “Abyssal” rightfully depicts the entropy of the widest band, revealing not shapes but the agglomerated movements of shapes in a thick slurry of water-logged sounds - a sharp distinction to the cavernous void of “Hadal”, the final and most exceptional region, emitting a groaning vocal pair and shimmers of piercing chimes (bubbles? Hot fucking lava??) trickling upward in a slow-burnt simmer. A nice concept and even better execution, the pair display an early affinity and sureness of hand." - Animal Psi

"These two brooding shamans conjure up lush drones, nature-evoking field recordings, subtle guitar passages and menacing tones, blending all of these elements into an esoteric brew that brings on a mystical ambience." - Bryon Hayes