Utility Listening, by Miracle Blues

Utility Listening

by Miracle Blues

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albinobone Very utilitarian listening. It has purpose, and that purpose is to insulate you from the mosquitos of life. It's like taking a cozy, drunk nap in a gauzy quilt of cotton batting. Favorite track: Side A.

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	1.	Side A 13:40
	2.	Side B 13:22

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Solo psych drone project by Gabe Holcombe who runs the Chicago Lillerne Tapes label. The sounds have a high whoosh factor, as though the stuff was recorded in a wind tunnel with reverb set to full flop. There's a meatiness here that's a bit unusual inside this context, and the proggy synth that starts moving around after a bit adds a sweet pinch of smoke to the air. - Byron Coley, The Wire magazine, April 2014

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released January 1, 2013

All recordings by Gabe Holcombe, August/September 2012. Recorded at Roxaboxen Minicastle in Chicago, IL and at the ACRE Residency in Steuben, WI. Dedicated to BBDDM, Paul Skomsvold, Jake Acosta and Kevin Greenspon
Watery Starve Tapes, 2013

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Vehicle Blues Chicago, Illinois

Gabe Holcombe

lillernetapes.com

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