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A sound & poetry collaboration, curated by Lanterne Records.
7 improvised pieces for nylon-strung banjo recorded over the course of a rainy day in December 2023; paired with an A6 poetry zine by CA Conrad. CA Conrad has been working with the ancient technologies of poetry and ritual since 1975. They have been described as the ‘shamanic cult hero of contemporary queer poetry’ and is the author of numerous collections of poetry including Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return (Wave Books, 2024), You Don’t Have What It Takes to Be My Nemesis (Penguin UK, 2023) and most recently Advanced Elvis Course (Peninsula Press, 2024). ...A quietly explosive mini-album.. terse notes tumble and then reveal themselves in blossoming clusters... Songlines ...Elswyth plays her instrument here with the mercurial rhythms of falling rain drops... Record Crates United ...at once absorbing and opaque – its ‘meaning’ is your own to ascertain... The Quietus ...an energising listen, featuring seven beautiful improvisations by Elswyth in response to Conrad’s experimental verse (which accompanies it in a beautiful mini-zine)... The Guardian |