Immaterial Possession – Mercy of the Crane Folk [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: FIRECD705
Barcode: 0809236170521
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Genre: Indie/Alternative

‘Mercy Of The Crane Folk’ is the beautifully accomplished second album from Athens GA’s Immaterial Possession. A theatrical soundscape littered with subconscious flashbacks, retro keyboard flurries, wandering Morricone-esque guitar and dreamy Sumac-like harmonies. Featuring the ethereal eerie dream pop of former artist commune residents Cooper Holmes and Madeline Polites, with drummer John Spiegel and Elephant 6 descendant Kiran Fernandes (keyboards, clarinets, flutes). Additional contributions come from drummer Jon Vogt who can be heard on ‘Mercy Of The Crane Folk’ and ‘Birth Of Queen Croaker’. It’s a haunting and immersive trip into the inner psyche of these nomadic soothsayers; a psychedelic dance party from a half-lit underground world; breathlessly eerie and all consuming; a salubrious sojourn that sounds like nothing else. Filled with a kind of peculiar optimistic uncertainty that any quest to make sense of a drowsy recollection of simpler and far better times would have; ‘Mercy Of The Crane Folk’ is soft and serene summoning up a fanciful folkloric place where, undoubtedly, the mysterious crane flock prosper.

Track listing: Side One: A1 Chain Breaker A2 Mercy of the Crane Folk A3 To The Fête A4 Medieval Jig A5 Siren's Tunnel. Side Two: B1 Current In The Room B2 Ancient Mouth B3 Cypress Receiver B4 Birth of Queen Croaker B5 Red Curtain