Just in case the onset of spring is putting anyone around here in too optimistic of a mood: The Helen Scarsdale Agency has announced its first releases of 2019.
The California-based Helen Scarsdale has a smattering of dark drone, noise, and industrial sounds reaching the “divine and the diabolical,” as the label puts. Among the offerings are Lemegeton Party, from Italian trio Junkie Flamingos; Desert Drone Cycle, from Southern California artist Cristopher Cichocki; and Inconclusive, Helen Scarsdale founder Jim Hayne’s first solo release in two years.
All three albums are out May 10, with Junkie Flamingos getting the vinyl treatment, while Cristopher Cichocki’s and Jim Haynes’ respective releases are out on cassette. Pre-orders are up, with sound samples of each available below.
Lemegeton Party tracklisting:
01. Evening of our Days
02. Goetia
03. The Language of Slaves
04. Restless Youth
05. Shape of Men
Desert Drone Cycle tracklisting:
01. Desert Drone Cycle Side A
02. Desert Drone Cycle Side B
Inconclusive tracklisting:
01. Blotched
02. And Then, Theranos
03. Through Diana’s Stare
04. At Nerve Ends
05. An Isolated Failure