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  • REPRESSING
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    REPRESSING - Black Vinyl
    Cardinal Fuzz - Europe
    Feeding Tube Records - USA


    Cardinal Fuzz and Feeding Tube Records are proud to bring to you the latest long player from 'Abronia' (Portland USA)
    The follow up to their debut, ‘The Whole of Each Eye’ sees Abronia cementing its very singular place in the canon of the broader psych rock universe. A six piece consisting of two guitars, electric bass, tenor saxophone, pedal steel, and one 32” inch bass drum (no drum set here), Abronia pulls from kraut rock, spaghetti Western soundtracks, doom, 60’s UK folk, spiritual jazz, ritualistic drone, and infuse it all with the arid haze of deserts near and far. The sound, with its ample use of lap steel and reverb-heavy electric guitar, is firmly rooted in a sun-baked strain of Americana. But never too far from the surface are elements of European art rock in all of its guises (krautrock, psychedelia, prog) and a welcome wild card in the form of Keelin Mayer, who adds a Stooges-like squall with her saxophone and composed vocal turns à la Nico or former Swans singer Jarboe.
    Recorded, as the first album was, at Type Foundry in Portland, but mixed this time by Billy Anderson (known for his work with Sleep, OM, Neurosis, and many other heavy legends), the band builds off of the solid foundation of the first album. There are still hooks and visceral, crushingly satisfying payoffs, but there’s a deeper complexity to these arrangements that rewards careful listeners and searchers.
    And while almost half of the last album was entirely instrumental, you’ll find no purely instrumental tracks on this one. This time Keelin’s voice has come to the forefront–a deep and deadly force that brings to mind Nico, Grace Slick, Jarboe, Malaria’s Bettina Köster, and White Magic’s Mira Billotte. Note the dynamics–from the subdued falsetto on the first half of “Cauldron’s Gold” to the murderous scream at the end of “Half Hail.”
    Abronia are Keelin Mayer - tenor sax and vocals
    Eric Crespo - guitar and backing vocals
    Paul Schaefer - guitar
    Rick Pedrosa - pedal steel
    Shaun Lyvers - bass
    Shaver - the big drum/percussion/melodica
    ‘The Whole Of Each Eye’ is presented in a 350gsm Card Sleeve with full size insert and download code.

    PRESS:
    "Obsidian Visions/Shadowed Lands blows in like a desert wind, complete with bruising skies and flashes of lightning. Tinges of psychedelia lurk at its edges, out in the shadow of the buttes, where hippy hermits still cling to their faded photographs of Grace Slick and Janis Joplin."
    –ECHOES AND DUST
    "To say I enjoyed 'Obsidian Visions/Shadowed Lands' is an understatement....it is a magical album that defies categorisation and pigeon-holing, one that is based on spirituality and mysticism. At the beginning I mentioned that the aim was transcendence and I think they've achieved it...this album transcends..it transcends what we believe music to be - it takes music beyond 'nice sounds' and 'pretty melodies' and into a whole different sphere. This is music that can take you away into landscapes undiscovered..."
    -DAYZ OF PURPLE AND ORANGE
    ".Abronia affect a meditative attitude, and concentrate on an exploratory feel within their tracks...there’s no question they establish themselves here as a cohesive unit of songwriters with a definite story to tell through their work."
    –THE OBELISK
    "The sound, with its ample use of lap steel and reverb-heavy electric guitar, is firmly rooted in a sun-baked strain of Americana. But never too far from the surface are elements of European art rock in all of its guises (krautrock, psychedelia, prog) and a welcome wild card in the form of Keelin Mayer, who adds a Stooges-like squall with her saxophone and composed vocal turns à la Nico or former Swans singer Jarboe."
    -PORTLAND MERCURY

    "...This was the first time I heard of Abronia, but wow, this is amazing stuff...Abronia is a six piece band from Portland, Oregon consisting of two guitars, pedal steel, tenor saxophone, bass, and a 32” marching band drum with floor tom legs on it and it is clear they know how to use these instruments. Sparsely using vocals (but at the perfect time) and mixing the saxophone in makes this an amazing psychedelic listen."
    –FUZZY SUN

    "On Abronia's debut album, Obsidian Visions/Shadowed Lands, the lack of a proper kit doesn't seem to hold the band back in any way—if anything, the thudding percussion anchors the music to its primitive inspirations. Sprawling instrumental intro "The Great Divide" showcases the group's nimble ability to mix spaghetti-Western soundtrack music with Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd psychedelia."
    -WILLAMETTE WEEK

    "Anyone who’s caught Portland six-piece Abronia in a live setting can attest to the mysticism prevalent in the band’s tribal oeuvre....the group harnesses ethereal psych flourishes and fluid atmospherics into their musical sensibilities, offering a potent aural wormhole that often leads to trippy results."
    –VORTEX MAGAZINE
    “Album opener “The Great Divide” opens the gates with fume and fury, pure free fireball skronk jazz, like Sun Ra‘s Arkestra gathering in the Sahara, summoning the djinn, the lightning, sandstorms, and howling winds, with furious blats of what sounds like tenor sax."
    –FOREST PUNK

    Includes unlimited streaming of Abronia - The Whole Of Each Eye (REPRESSING) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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