Electronic musician Rick Reed, arguably the linchpin of Austin TX's experimental scene for the past few decades, presents his first new release since 2018. He employs Buchla and Moog synthesizers, organ, vocoder, and found radio sounds.

"I've long been fascinated by the radio but usually more atmospheric blasts like shortwave static, rather than accidental juxtapositions of ironic voices or music".

Reed combines these disparate elements into tightly organised audio collages, resulting in new stories conveyed as highly distinctive, personal electronic music. Side A is an atmospheric rumination on the lethargy so prevalent during the early days of the pandemic. Tinged with melancholy, it is an occasionally serene but deceptively complex study.

Side B kicks off with 'Space Age Radio Love Song', a dense pastiche of Buchla bleeps and bloops with frequent radio interruptions and a ring-modulated vocal coda. The record ends with the moody 'Leave A Light On For Tony', dedicated to the great artist of light projections, Tony Martin, who passed away the same day Reed finished this piece.

"Radio waves, choirs and orchestras haunt these grooves like spectral homeowners" (A Closer Listen).

Ltd x 200 copies in a full-colour jacket with spot-varnish printing, adorned with brilliant paintings by Rick Reed. Includes download code.