ORUÃ & REVERSE DEATH | REFLECTORS, VOL. I SPLIT SERIES LP
The best things come in pairs of course, like shoes… or, eye glasses. Can you imagine walking around wearing one shoe and a f**king monocle? Us neither. REFLECTORS is the new split series of LP’s from The Dead Currencies Label, featuring two great bands on one split release. Volume One features brand new music from Brazilian lo-fi kings, and Built to Spill collaborators, Oruã, and hypnotic, west-coast stoner poets, Reverse Death, from Seattle.
Channeling fire from the San Francisco garage implosion, feels from '60s heartbreakers, and brush strokes from the ambient realm, Reverse Death finds a tape-warped landscape of beauty and destruction to call home. Songwriter Daniel Onufer’s blurry new gem is a 21 minute EP’s worth of pure hocus-pocus, and it is the band’s first collection of tape and tube-scorched song cycles since their critically acclaimed debut, “Stretching to Infinity.” Blooming with spectral drone, down-tuned garage, and ambient pop, this set features their longest song to date—a 12 minute, three-part hypnotic pop odyssey that drifts through blue reveries and doom-hiss, eventually burning out in a glorious free-jazz meltdown. It’s a mind-peeling ride through the dizzying, dark alleyways of deep-space.
And, if that weren’t enough, the second half of “Reflectors” is just as scorched earth as the first. Critically-acclaimed guitarist and producer, Lê Almeida and his Brazilian psych-rock outfit, Oruã, contribute 21 minutes of demos and outtakes from their forthcoming album “Slacker,” on Calvin Johnson’s influential, K records. The sketches and outlines of these golden nuggs, collected here in raw form, is internally entitled, appropriately enough, “Slacker Demos.” The signature blend of lo-fi, indie rock and Afrobeat, complete with looping baselines, extended jam guitar solos and fuzz soaked sing-alongs, culminates in the 8 minute ripper, Maldição. Recorded in Seattle between US tours in 2024, it’s an essential peek into the importance that Lê & company place on demoing material during the recording process and constant touring. And it’s easy to hear why the legendary Doug Martsch tapped them to co-produce and mix Built to Spill’s 2022 Sub Pop release, When the Wind Forgets Your Name.
Put together, “Reflectors, Vol. I” is like a solid gold comet streaking across the starry night sky. And if we know anything about portals (and we do), this surely sounds like the key that fits a doorway to another realm. Stare into the mirror of time and get lost in its infinite reflection, “Reflectors, Vol. I” is an essential excursion.
The best things come in pairs of course, like shoes… or, eye glasses. Can you imagine walking around wearing one shoe and a f**king monocle? Us neither. REFLECTORS is the new split series of LP’s from The Dead Currencies Label, featuring two great bands on one split release. Volume One features brand new music from Brazilian lo-fi kings, and Built to Spill collaborators, Oruã, and hypnotic, west-coast stoner poets, Reverse Death, from Seattle.
Channeling fire from the San Francisco garage implosion, feels from '60s heartbreakers, and brush strokes from the ambient realm, Reverse Death finds a tape-warped landscape of beauty and destruction to call home. Songwriter Daniel Onufer’s blurry new gem is a 21 minute EP’s worth of pure hocus-pocus, and it is the band’s first collection of tape and tube-scorched song cycles since their critically acclaimed debut, “Stretching to Infinity.” Blooming with spectral drone, down-tuned garage, and ambient pop, this set features their longest song to date—a 12 minute, three-part hypnotic pop odyssey that drifts through blue reveries and doom-hiss, eventually burning out in a glorious free-jazz meltdown. It’s a mind-peeling ride through the dizzying, dark alleyways of deep-space.
And, if that weren’t enough, the second half of “Reflectors” is just as scorched earth as the first. Critically-acclaimed guitarist and producer, Lê Almeida and his Brazilian psych-rock outfit, Oruã, contribute 21 minutes of demos and outtakes from their forthcoming album “Slacker,” on Calvin Johnson’s influential, K records. The sketches and outlines of these golden nuggs, collected here in raw form, is internally entitled, appropriately enough, “Slacker Demos.” The signature blend of lo-fi, indie rock and Afrobeat, complete with looping baselines, extended jam guitar solos and fuzz soaked sing-alongs, culminates in the 8 minute ripper, Maldição. Recorded in Seattle between US tours in 2024, it’s an essential peek into the importance that Lê & company place on demoing material during the recording process and constant touring. And it’s easy to hear why the legendary Doug Martsch tapped them to co-produce and mix Built to Spill’s 2022 Sub Pop release, When the Wind Forgets Your Name.
Put together, “Reflectors, Vol. I” is like a solid gold comet streaking across the starry night sky. And if we know anything about portals (and we do), this surely sounds like the key that fits a doorway to another realm. Stare into the mirror of time and get lost in its infinite reflection, “Reflectors, Vol. I” is an essential excursion.
The best things come in pairs of course, like shoes… or, eye glasses. Can you imagine walking around wearing one shoe and a f**king monocle? Us neither. REFLECTORS is the new split series of LP’s from The Dead Currencies Label, featuring two great bands on one split release. Volume One features brand new music from Brazilian lo-fi kings, and Built to Spill collaborators, Oruã, and hypnotic, west-coast stoner poets, Reverse Death, from Seattle.
Channeling fire from the San Francisco garage implosion, feels from '60s heartbreakers, and brush strokes from the ambient realm, Reverse Death finds a tape-warped landscape of beauty and destruction to call home. Songwriter Daniel Onufer’s blurry new gem is a 21 minute EP’s worth of pure hocus-pocus, and it is the band’s first collection of tape and tube-scorched song cycles since their critically acclaimed debut, “Stretching to Infinity.” Blooming with spectral drone, down-tuned garage, and ambient pop, this set features their longest song to date—a 12 minute, three-part hypnotic pop odyssey that drifts through blue reveries and doom-hiss, eventually burning out in a glorious free-jazz meltdown. It’s a mind-peeling ride through the dizzying, dark alleyways of deep-space.
And, if that weren’t enough, the second half of “Reflectors” is just as scorched earth as the first. Critically-acclaimed guitarist and producer, Lê Almeida and his Brazilian psych-rock outfit, Oruã, contribute 21 minutes of demos and outtakes from their forthcoming album “Slacker,” on Calvin Johnson’s influential, K records. The sketches and outlines of these golden nuggs, collected here in raw form, is internally entitled, appropriately enough, “Slacker Demos.” The signature blend of lo-fi, indie rock and Afrobeat, complete with looping baselines, extended jam guitar solos and fuzz soaked sing-alongs, culminates in the 8 minute ripper, Maldição. Recorded in Seattle between US tours in 2024, it’s an essential peek into the importance that Lê & company place on demoing material during the recording process and constant touring. And it’s easy to hear why the legendary Doug Martsch tapped them to co-produce and mix Built to Spill’s 2022 Sub Pop release, When the Wind Forgets Your Name.
Put together, “Reflectors, Vol. I” is like a solid gold comet streaking across the starry night sky. And if we know anything about portals (and we do), this surely sounds like the key that fits a doorway to another realm. Stare into the mirror of time and get lost in its infinite reflection, “Reflectors, Vol. I” is an essential excursion.
Limited Edition two-color vinyl variant LP, with die-cut covers and randomly selected color variant. You'll get either School Bus Yellow, or Bone Natural. Randomly selected. If something is “sold out” here try bandcamp