A unique album with a strong start and a lukewarm end.
Tag: Folk
#217 | Interview | Mark Norgate of Dawnwalker
An in-depth podcast interview with Mark Norgate, the principal songwriter and composer behind the progressive metal project known as Dawnwalker.
#213 | Interview | Patrik Jarlestam (Composer of the Valheim Videogame Soundtrack)
Delving into the mind behind the compositions of the hit Viking-themed survival game, Valheim.
2020 Year-End Wrap-Up
Top 2020 album picks from the FCU conttibutors.
#195 | Album Review | Return to Worm Mountain – Acoustic Tracks 2020
Imbibing the pared down, psychedelic-infused folk ditties from South Africa’s weirdo experimental duo.
#189 | Album Review | Osi and The Jupiter – Appalachia
A podcast review of the latest album, Appalachia, from the Ohio-based drone folk project, Osi and The Jupiter.
#158 | Album Review | Return to Worm Mountain – Therianthropy
An outlandish cross-pollination of psychedelic synth quirks, verdant folk melodies, acid-churning sludge, and a sundry of timbres balmy, bitter, and beatific.
#136 | Album Review | Osi and The Jupiter – Nordlige Rúnaskog
Idyllic nature-drenched folk.
#112 | Discussion | Fire in the Mountains Festival 2019
A recounting of our journey out to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the festival that transpired near the Grand Teton mountain range.
EP Review | Panopticon | The Crescendo of Dusk
We reach a lull as the abrasive yet alluring wall of sound is broken by swirling keyboards and reverb-drenched guitar. This respite is accompanied by visions of lush, green, cold forests that seems to pass by as if in some sort of fevered dream.
Voices From Corners Unknown, Ep. 27 | Return to Worm Mountain, FOUDRE!, Summoned by Giants
In episode twenty-seven, we vacate the halls of bone and flesh to journey to the quirky, synth-laden krautrock mountain of worms on Return to Worm Mountain’s eponymous LP. We get doused in the effervescent ambient energy of FOUDRE!’s Kami 神 and we get smoked out by the delectably hefty stoner doom crunch of Azimuth from Summoned by Giants.
Ep. 43: A Conversation with Duncan Park (Droning Psychedelic Folk, Krautrock, and Lo-Fi Black Metal)
In episode forty-three, Duncan Park (Listeriosis, Return to Worm Mountain) delves into each of his projects and discusses what he has learned from them. He speaks about how he came into contact with extreme metal, his love for drone, and how his compositional approach has evolved as he works with more musicians.