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02: au vol - apothecary
101 cassette tapes - 10 october 2011   apothecary is au vol's second release, taking the duo's textural blend of found sound, live instrumentation and digital derangement in a darker direction. between heaving waves of drone and nausea-inducing noise are glimpses of vertiginous clarity. oscillating between anxiety and sedated calm, apothecary circumscribes experiences with medication, mental illness and drug usage. side a: don't phone home - 6:40 scrip in blue - 4:51 rivastigmine, exelon, reminyl (for sonnie) - 4:40 epinephrine hangover - 6:17 harbinger migraine - 5:01 'til death - 3:45 lake ontario - 4:35 trepanation - 2:20 side b: ultraviolet summer - 6:23 night terrors - 3:06 song for xenakis - 7:29 triskaidekaphobia - 3:51 warm bath, gaudy as poppies (for sylvia)- 4:25 draize tested, doctor approved - 3:23 gruinard island - 4:38 nauseous shoals - 2:38 total run time: 73:56 digital download will be available for free once we run out of the physical tape copies. please head to auvol.bandcamp.com to order a copy, or listen to the tracks. artwork: by manuel sifuentes mastering: by nathan medema |
