Stratosphere

Rock · 1998 · 16 tracks

Stratosphere

Hazy, tape-saturated slowcore that feels like drifting through deep space in a very small ship. Sluggish guitars and muffled drums for the terminally isolated.

It sounds like a transmission from a lonely satellite that's been drifting for twenty years.

A profound sense of cosmic loneliness wrapped in the warm, protective hiss of a home-recorded cassette.

Stratosphere · vs · Duster

Stargazing+1.0σ

Stargazing saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks

01

Moon Age

1:06

02

Heading for the Door

3:08

03

Gold Dust

2:06

04

Topical Solution

5:01

05

Docking the Pod

1:50

06

The Landing

2:43

07

Constellations

3:43

08

The Queen of Hearts

4:19

09

Two Way Radio

0:19

10

Inside Out

2:21

11

Stratosphere

6:57

12

Reed to Hillsborough

4:01

13

Shadows of Planes

1:50

14

Earth Moon Transit

1:50

15

The Twins / Romantica

3:43

16

Sideria

1:47

Moments Worth Waiting For

the sudden surge of distorted guitar that swallows the melody on Topical Solution

the way the drums on Heading for the Door sound like they are being played in the next room

the nearly seven minute title track drifting into a pure ambient drone of cosmic indifference

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