QUIETUS - Volume Four LP deathrock Founded by master improviser Chie

Founded by master improviser Chie Mukai in 1981 the group has been guided by her singular vision for nearly 40 years

With these demo recordings

you can hear all these qualities come through

exclaimed lines on Big Skies give a face to the feeling of their dramatic sound

there's a fistful of heaviness breathing within the airy wraps of bass (kontra

QUIETUS - Volume Four LP deathrock Founded by master improviser ChieHighly recommended. We fell head over with Quietus' previous album, Volume Three, also on the superb Ever Never label. Its wee hours last cigarette waltz of Leonard Cohen; a trace of Nick Caves epic drama; echoes of doomed souls such as Tim Buckley and Townes Van Zandt made the songs bloom into slow motion climaxes hinting at casual violence. "For nearly ten years, songwriter and sound sculptor GEOFFREY BANKOWSKI has been digging secret tunnels