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Lots of airtime for Farewell, Doomed Planet! this week. Thanks to Phantom Circuit, Zadok Strawberry on WERA (Arlington, VA)’s For The Record, and Sweeney’s Gumbo YaYa on KAOS in Olympia for their support, and listen to the show recaps on Mixcloud–lots of great new artists to acquaint yourselves with.
Thank you to experimental music magazine and podcast Vital Weekly for reviewing Farewell, Doomed Planet! and playing “Departure.” Issue 1206 is available here and says,
“[Farewell, Doomed Planet!]” can be jumpy and punky electro poppy, with Kelly singing with a fierce voice, but it also can be dreamy and spacey, such as in ‘Departure’. Going from synthpop to ambient to darker pastures of electronic pop music, she bounces neatly over the place.”
Read the full review on the site, and listen to the mix below or on Mixcloud.
Strategic Tape Reserve’s ShopLand World: Music For A Discovery Park Of Miniature Supermarkets is happily still making the rounds, most recently being reviewed by my faves Yeah I Know It Sucks. They had this to say about my contribution, “What Penumbras:”
“First shopping mall I entered was one curated and owned by Elizabeth Joan Kelly. Once in I got the surprising surprise of being tossed into what could only be described as a surreal slide into something named ‘What Penumbras’. A heaven for consumers that likes to buy psychedelic experiences from a jar by mumbling gurus that got themselves deliciously surrounded by smoke and special sound effects. It made me not only feel very enthusiastic, it also gave me a very weird feeling in my stomach; a shopping sensation like this, you simply wouldn’t even expect to happen at a well thought out shop in a chewed up Disneyland theme park… This was the impressive place that once you had found the exit again would have made such a impression that it would simply stay with you for days on end.”
Full review on their blog!
The 17th episode of Anticipating Nowhere (on the cusp of adulthood!) features “Cosmonaut Chorus” off Farewell, Doomed Planet! alongside a brand new (and wonderful) song by Twitter friend Black Robert (new album upcoming on Wormhole World) and lots of new-to-me sounds curated by ÅšimmØMaZ. Listen below or on Mixcloud, and catch the full track list on the blog.
Now archived, CiTR Radio’s November 1 Bepi Crespan Presents* show included two tracks by me + Ryuichi Sakamoto, Divide and Dissolve, and more. Listen and download on the CiTR website!
*CITR’s 24 HOURS OF RADIO ART in a snack size format! Difficult music, harsh electronics, spoken word, cut-up/collage and general CRESPAN© weirdness.
Thanks to Aidan for these words about Farewell, Doomed Planet! on Bandcloud:
It features songs that are jerky and weird, beautiful ambient numbers (‘Whaliens’ is sublime), all with her strange slant on chord progression and songwriting. It’s fascinating.
Full review here!
Have I got listening recommendations for you today…if you’re looking for spooky, eerie, creepy, terrifying sounds to accompany your Halloween festivities, look no further, and thanks to all of these fabulous playlist curators for including me.
Pete Clark, Hallows Eve Part 2
Sarah Schonert, Synthoween and Haunted
Tracy’s Expansion of Presence, Halloween Playlist 2019
Ambient Atomic Orbitals, Farewell, Doomed Planet! mix
Houdini Mansions, Magnetic Mystery Hour 11 Halloween Mix
My favorite absurdist review blog Yeah I Know It Sucks has me blushing again with their glowing and optimistic review of Farewell, Doomed Planet!
“…her works…are so futuristic and well executed that it somehow sets the norm of music standards a bit higher for all of us.”
Full review over on the blog.
In-depth and insightful track-by-track review of Farewell, Doomed Planet! that, in parts, seems to come from my own brain (but it doesn’t). If you haven’t listened to the album yet, this is a great analysis that may make you want to.
“Elizabeth’s care and detail when tackling a heavy concept is fully apparent in the new album. It is unpredictable, but incredibly entertaining. The combination of thought provoking lyrics and intense dynamic production makes it a treat for anyone willing to take a trip somewhere a little bit alien.”
Elizabeth Joan Kelly 