Ashley Maximillian

We’re offering a 15% discount off everything in our store from now until the start of the new year! Use code THEYEARAHEAD at checkout.

To prepare for the new year, we’re introducing the 2021 Year Ahead Tarot Reading. The reading is a personalized twenty-one card spread looking at the entire year ahead done by the house witch of Moonstone Magic, @moonstone

I’ve been following Guyaba online for several years, but I never got around to listening to their music… shame on me. I made time to listen to this album and fully expected a weird, dark, and lofi rap album but this is so much more and so not lofi. Guyaba explores bossa nova through horrorcore and a psychedelic filter with super tight production. This album has a dark atmosphere, catchy and haunting melodies, beautiful vocal harmonies, and an eclectic instrumentation. Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), Mariposa Mala, and Sanguijuela are songs where Guyaba raps and sings in equally excellent quality about the intersections of being a queer fat afrolatina weirdo within the context of horror, both real and “film” type, and existentialism.  And Thus, I Remain Crepuscular…, Guyaba imitates the sounds of nature with haunting music that would fit perfectly in any horror movie ending the track with intense metal vocals.

I have a knack for being completely oblivious to anything popular. I was turned onto to Orville Peck by a friend on New Year’s Eve. We watched the videos for the songs Dead of Night and Turn to Hate and I was pulled in by the whole aesthetic of it: the slightly altered but undeniably classic country sound, the mask, the videos that seemed to be filmed in strip clubs or brothels in the desert. I listened to the whole album the first chance I had and I was not disappointed. The production on this album is incredible. The album puts you alone in a dreamy desert, every instrument drips with a little reverb while drones play on in the background of a classic tremolo guitar sound with an often low voice serenaded you in tales of loss. 

I first listened to this album sometime in 2019, I Wish I Was the Moon came up on my spotify discover weekly. I saw Neko Case and I remember seeing her name around the internet a lot through the years so I decided to give it a listen. I immediately fell in love with the album. It’s Country, but not quite, the arrangements on each song inform some other influence. Runnin’ Out of Fools feels, to an uninformed country listener like me, to hark back to classic country songs. Meanwhile, Lady Pilot, has more of an Indie feel (for lack of better terms). The way she delivers her lyrics feels so personal. Deep Red Bells and I Wish I Was the Moon hit particularly deep and I cry nearly every time I listen to them. Every song is a journey, exceptionally composed and exceptionally produced.

New release out on Halloween, “ASHES”, a short horror audio story/zine with full soundtrack. Preorder the tape, cd, or digital copy on our bandcamp.

Malice Nebula - “Into the Black Void” CDr available limited to 12 copies, each with high quality double sided prints and information insert.

INTO THE BLACK VOID 12/24/18

“Requiem”