Flypaper for your midbrain. Cathedrelic pairs Austin’s R. Lee Dockery with L.A.’s Smokey Emery. An aptly named tape, suggesting physical placement within an expansive, religiously significant construction. Though the opulence is dimly lit.
Initially, in this excerpt, two players = two layers: the soundfield is split pretty much top and bottom. Copper coins flipping into a dark pool, briefly glinting then gone. Will wishes come true? A hint of melodic pattern ultimately peers through the distant cyclone, a pleasing negotiation that affirms the knowledge and patience both players bring to the collaboration.
Cathedrelic is among a slamming summer batch from Astral Spirits.