Name: Skinless Takes A Flight
Brand: supernowhere

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CDTSR237

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-10

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Standard:20

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634457078024

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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supernowhere

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Alternative / Modern

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Topshelf Records

Topshelf Records is an American independent record label that was established in Peabody, Massachusetts in 2005. With a strong focus on supporting emerging artists and fostering creativity, the label has become a prominent force in the music industry. Now based in Portland, Oregon, Topshelf Records continues to curate and release innovative music across various genres.

Since its inception, Topshelf Records has been dedicated to providing a platform for talented musicians to showcase their unique sound. The label's commitment to nurturing artists and allowing them creative freedom has resulted in a diverse roster of acts spanning indie rock, emo, punk, and more.

With an impressive catalog of releases from both established acts and up-and-coming talent, Topshelf Records has gained recognition for its high-quality productions and distinct musical offerings. As an influential player in the independent music scene, the label consistently delivers fresh sounds that resonate with listeners worldwide.

The majority of the nine slithery songs that comprise supernowhere's Skinless Takes A Flight were originally cuts that didn't make their debut Gestalt - But after collectively moving across the country from Burlington, VT to Seattle, WA, the scrapped tracks transformed substantially into florid, at times entrancing compositions.

The pulsating 'Circles' opens the album with lilted reflections on empathy, breathing in midtempo syncopation with subdued guitar tip- toeing around melodic drumming. supernowhere's cast of Meredith Davey (bass, vocals), Kurt Pacing (guitar, vocals), and Matt Anderson (drums) share a collective ambition for maximum interplay and collaborative writing, materialising cleanly knotted compositions that evoke vivid dreamscapes and the profound epiphanies drawn from them ('The Hand', 'Ecdysis'). On upbeat 'Dirty Tangle' Davey's voice glides through Pacing's angular arpeggiations, carving her own rhythmic lane with her distinctive, descanting singing style.

Skinless Takes A Flight notably would not have come to fruition without the help of engineer Dylan Hanwright (mix. Gulfer, mem. Great Grandpa, I Kill Giants), whom the band met shortly after relocating to Seattle. Hanwright offered up the studio where the album was recorded as a temporary rehearsal and writing space during the pandemic, which in turn gave him intimate familiarity with the music, resulting in an album that was recorded as intimately as it was written. Hanwright helped make the little moments shine too, as heard in the fleeting vocal harmonies on "Augury", or the spiralling chaos in "Basement Window," a further testament to the collaborative, everyone's- input matters nature that characterises supernowhere's dizzying yet meditative sophomore record.

Skinless Takes A Flight

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