from volcanic tongue:
First instalment in a great new series of limited edition solo guitar recordings curated by Steve Lowenthal of Swingset magazine. Blatchley plays in Mountain Home with Marissa Nadler and Greg Weeks and has a style that is informed by John Fahey circa Days Have Gone By. His readings of civil war tunes, “Vestopol Blues” and “Bury Me Some Place Quiet” combine a rolling style with martial melodies and a magical sleight of hand. Indeed, the whole LP has a sticky, lugubrious atmosphere that you could sink into for days. Way above par for a solo guitar record. If you dig Glenn Jones and Jack Rose and the more interesting tangents coming out of the Takoma back catalogue you won’t be disappointed. Silkscreened sleeves, edition of 500 copies.
forced exposure:
VDSQ (Vin Du Select Qualitite) is a new acoustic guitar LP series curated by Steve Lowenthal of Swingset Magazine and Plastic Records. The first three releases planned for early fall release include the debut recording from Joshua Blatchley of Mountain Home, Mark McGuire, who plays guitar in Cleveland drone heroes Emeralds, and session-man, indie rock legend Chris Brokaw, who played in bands such as Codeine, Come, The New Year, Pullman, and the New Wave Bandits and many others. The series will be released on high quality LP with letterpress sleeves, each with a picture of the guitar used to record the record. Track-by-track notes will be included on the back cover. 'The idea behind VDSQ was really to do a label that was a nod to the great guitar-oriented labels like Takoma and Transatlantic but focusing on contemporary artists rather than reissues,' said Lowenthal. 'I tried to curate a series that transcended genre and really pull together some exceptional musicians from different geographic and musical scenes. The goal is to hopefully bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary styles of music all within the context of acoustic guitar music. The process of each edition of the series is such that it really lets the personality of the player come to the forefront so each record really reflects the essence of the personality of the players.' A new voice in the Ragtime and American Primitive guitar-playing lineage, Blatchley offers a unique interpretation of both new and traditional compositions. Blatchley performs in the band Mountain Home with Marissa Nadler and Greg Weeks of Espers.
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man i heard about your feedback set. i wish i was there..to breathe in the ghosts of Takayanagi. ill be in SD after Belgium, we must get together this time for some drinks. xoxoox
these tunes haunt me in my sleep; I wake to such songs along the crossroads, and in wonderment I stare off upon the stalks of scintillating fields that churn beneath the sun, there, the seeds of hope do rise as the day doth split asunder...
