meaning 'empty black'
the instrumental flourishes seem more considered and are presented in a way that's both gutsier and more crystalline
Four years and a kid each hasn't done much to turn those frowns upside-down
a hint of a down unda Birthday Party” - John Dwyer
It's some strange version of Eno's oblique discreetness ostensibly being overwhelmed by the perversity of a Steve Reich-ian shape-shifting pattern but the moment the former is about to be overwhelmed the composition begins a slow recession back towards the system it originated from
YELLOW OSTRICH - The Mistress LP (colour vinyl) rock meaning 'empty black'10th anniversary edition on limited yellow with black splatter vinyl. The focal point of The Mistress is Schaaf's tender, pleading voice. It's reedy and childlike, and on The Mistress it gets looped and layered, stretched, manipulated; it's stacked up several high and, most often, it's used as an instrument, fleshing out the empty spaces in his bare, searching songs. These songs exist within that push and pull, the allure of blind fantasy chased by