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Portland Ambient Sludge-Pop Project

Folian Debuts Pensive Music Video

"Dreams trying to claw its way out, couched mutterings like the mind trying to make sense of it."

Doomed & Stoned proud to present the official music video for "Ghost In The Flesh" by experimental ambient sludge project FOLIAN. The brainchild of David S. Fylstra, now surpassing a decade of life in the Pacific Northwest, Folian finds itself exploring all things strange in the surreal EP, 'Ache Pillars' (2019).

Recorded live at Candlewolfe Sound in Portland, Oregon and mastered by Zach Weeks of Salem, Massachusetts, the hazy, disorienting quality of these four tracks play like a blissful, if vaguely disturbing, dream. David's vocals are oddly comforting as we drift away into realms unknown. Things go from disarming to alarming as the EP journeys from "Clearing In The Shadows" to "Ghost In The Flesh."

Folian had this to say about the music video before us:

"The visuals portray hiding and escaping from the frustration and confusion of certain recurring dreams I was experiencing. The mind can overwhelm itself to the feeling of drowning, and when you try to push and pull your way out it just slips through your hands like running water.

There had to be a better way to approach dealing with this, and ultimately there was much negative thought to sift through before arriving at a more hopeful outcome, but through self-analyzing and creative practice, things become a little clearer and more manageable.

The video footage was captured both locally in Oregon, and out of the states during a particular trip to an island in the Caribbean in 2017. It was shot and edited by myself."

Folian's 'Ache Pillars' (2019) is now available in a very limited quantity of cassette tapes c/o Apneic Void Sounds, with addition quantities available during Folian's forthcoming West Coast tour (which starts on Monday, April 8th). With the company of Troubled By Insects, you can catch Folian during the following dates:

  4/05 Portland, OR - Boathouse Experimental Studio Space   4/06 Seattle, WA - Hollow Earth Radio   4/07 Olympia, WA - La Voyeur   4/08 Eugene, OR - Old Nick's Pub   4/12 Astoria, OR - Charlie’s Chophouse

Ache Pillars by Folian

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