Herbcraft has just released its new LP on Woodsist. Hear the new track 'No Land' below!
Three years on from the initial Herbcraft blurt, this third Herbcraft LP sees a full blossoming of sonic seeds sown in previous wax transmissions. Once the isolationist bedroom-psych project of Matt Lajoie, the intervening years have found Herbcraft sprawling out in many different full-band incarnations-duo, trio, quartet, sextet-for tours and heady super-sessions at their HQ in Maine. The Astral Body Electric finds the most enduring lineup of the band at its peak: songs half-composed, half-improvised, and played with freewheeling first-take intensity. Recorded direct to tape by Doug Tuttle (Mmoss) in an 18th-century New England barn, the focus on analog recording techniques (spring reverb, tape delay, hands-on flange) captures the Herbcraft soundworld in its most-natural habitat. Matt's unhinged electric guitar swirls around Dawn Aquarius' wah'ed organ riffs, Nicholas Barker's kosmische-inspired drums and synth, and Corinna Marshall's trilled-out flute and circular bass, complete with nebulous groop vocals and auxiliary support from Doug and Aaron Neveu (Woods).HERBCRAFT
The Astral Body Electric
(WOODSIST066)
Formats: LP / digital
Street date: March 5, 2013
Side A
Mother's Gate (Shambhala)
A Knock At The Door In Your Mind
Impermanence
Side B
No Land
The Body Electric
Full Circle (Eternally)
For more about Herbcraft, find them on Facebook, Bandcamp and Woodsist.
Photo Credit: Sean Turley
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