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Electric Sickness 3:31 ░▐ ▌░ 02. Where In The World 6:11 ░▐ ▌░ 03. Unpacking My Feelings 3:34 ░▐ ▌░ 04. Can't Sleep 3:35 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Let It Go 4:06 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Black Rainbow 7:11 ░▐ ▌░ 07. Ruins 6:00 ░▐ ▌░ 08. Eavesdropper 5:57 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Textural lo-fi indie rock and shoegaze project led by Austin ░▐ ▌░ musician Alex Peterson. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The sounds of alexalone will usher you into warm, fuzzy, ░▐ ▌░ lonely spaces, then shock you alive with pulsing energy. But, ░▐ ▌░ alexaloneÆs first full length album, ALEXALONEWORLD, isnÆt ░▐ ▌░ merely about the sound, it is an exercise in world building, ░▐ ▌░ and a portrait of the artist cradling and nurturing their ░▐ ▌░ emotions as they create, navigating labyrinths of pain as ░▐ ▌░ they search for exits, and hoping for a haven where they can ░▐ ▌░ survey the damage and regroup. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Appropriately, alexaloneÆs first full-length record emerges ░▐ ▌░ at the moment weÆve learned to live with the pain of ░▐ ▌░ isolation while also clinging to shimmers of hope for an ░▐ ▌░ ending. ALEXALONEWORLDÆs gravitational center is Alex ░▐ ▌░ PetersonÆs (they/them) musical vision and authorial voice, ░▐ ▌░ the wayfarer through a forest of moods. And, having begot a ░▐ ▌░ world of solitude, Peterson then tore open a wormhole through ░▐ ▌░ which other artists, musicians, and friends might enter, ░▐ ▌░ plumbing the dark corridors and secret rooms. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ PetersonÆs lyrics are wonderfully moody: ôElectric Sicknessö ░▐ ▌░ leads in with caustic rumblings, the following three songs ░▐ ▌░ hold a lingering dream-state always verging on nightmare, ░▐ ▌░ before the possibility of escape and emergence comes with the ░▐ ▌░ final songs. Collaborations with the albumÆs cover art ░▐ ▌░ designer minipete create a visual dimension to the world, and ░▐ ▌░ video game designers Karolina (she/her) and Simon (he/him) ░▐ ▌░ create a multi-media portal on the upcoming music video for ░▐ ▌░ ôRuins.ö Central to the musical, visual and media world is ░▐ ▌░ ôBlack Rainbow,ö track 6 on the record. The song alternates ░▐ ▌░ between solo voice chanting gravely over drums and explosive ░▐ ▌░ instrumental catharsis; subdued pain reaching for comfort and ░▐ ▌░ release in noise. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Though Peterson is no stranger to performing with other ░▐ ▌░ musicians, as a live member of both Hovvdy and Lomelda, when ░▐ ▌░ alexalone were highlighted in NPRÆs æThe Austin 100Æ in 2018, ░▐ ▌░ Peterson was still recording music largely as a one-person ░▐ ▌░ band, layering and looping to generate the ôbig, billowing, ░▐ ▌░ shoe-gaze epicsö praised by NPRÆs Stephen Thompson. Having ░▐ ▌░ performed with frequent collaborator and percussionist Sam ░▐ ▌░ Jordan (he/him), Peterson now invited Jordan, and ░▐ ▌░ multi-instrumental pals Mari Rubio (she/her) and Andrew ░▐ ▌░ Hulett (he/they) into the recording stage as alexalone ░▐ ▌░ transformed from one person to a four piece band. This ░▐ ▌░ quarantine preserved the isolated introspection Peterson so ░▐ ▌░ effectively channeled in their music while also allowing time ░▐ ▌░ to produce rich and immersive sound. Peterson and Jordan ░▐ ▌░ began laying down drums in November of 2019 in a makeshift ░▐ ▌░ studio below JordanÆs central Austin apartment, but the ░▐ ▌░ recording largely took place much as all our lives did in ░▐ ▌░ 2020, across the digital matrix. The band had only one ░▐ ▌░ sublime performance together before Covid pushed AustinÆs ░▐ ▌░ bustling live music scene into this prolonged shadow. The ░▐ ▌░ late February show in downtown AustinÆs Cheer Up Charlies ░▐ ▌░ gave the newly formed band a taste for the esoterically ░▐ ▌░ powerful sounds they could make together. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ While the recording for this album began in late 2019, the ░▐ ▌░ inchoate rumblings deep below the surface of this record ░▐ ▌░ began much earlier within Peterson whose passion for music ░▐ ▌░ began stirring around the same time as their awareness of the ░▐ ▌░ ways difference can lead to pain. Among other things, this ░▐ ▌░ album is an adventure tale whose protagonist from an insular ░▐ ▌░ world of crushing emotion, travels through internal and ░▐ ▌░ external territories, and ultimately finds themselves among ░▐ ▌░ ruins which offer recovery and reconciliation. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The album is fueled by PetersonÆs passion for making music ░▐ ▌░ and their personal experiences facing systems of oppression. ░▐ ▌░ Peterson found inspiration in the worlds built by Tolkien, ░▐ ▌░ Murakami, absurdist graphic novelist Inio Asano, and Zelda ░▐ ▌░ video game designers, among other artists who manage to ░▐ ▌░ envision worlds where agony merges with playfulness as ░▐ ▌░ characters traverse metaphysical spaces. Musically, they draw ░▐ ▌░ inspiration from Low, Boris and Yo La Tengo, among other ░▐ ▌░ bands who tease out paradox through sound, and who ░▐ ▌░ continually seek new creative terrain. alexalone isnÆt afraid ░▐ ▌░ of descending into dark painful places, but they are also ░▐ ▌░ always up for play. 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