New Mexico's very own post-punk Blackout Transmission rises from the ashes of previous incarnations with the release of their latest project, "Twilight & Resonance," through Etxe Records. Over eight tracks and 34 minutes, the band exchanges its characteristic metallic hum of Los Angeles for the open skies and reflective solitude of the Mountain West, marking a decisive new turn towards sound and vision.
As much a spiritual document as a musical one, the album effectively captures the evolution of an artist wheeled out of the city and remade within the peaceful residence of high desert grasses. The band establishes a meditative atmosphere from the get-go with the opening track, "La Tierra Drift", the lyrics are all cinematic, immersing you in the textures of nature. At the same time, the music churns with glowing distortion and melody. It's up to you to breathe deeper, feel every gust of desert wind.
The trip goes on with "Ultra Azul", a hallucinatory meditation on time and self-expansion, and "Ascension (Towards Sangre Skies)", which finds the band's post-punk urgency flaring up against the forces of human judgment. But in the midst of all that intensity, a track like "When the Aspens Turn" provides quiet fury, serving as another reminder that resilience so often springs from reflection. Its standout closer, "Kairos," embodies something profound about the album; it's a meditation on moments that define us. It's a haunting, transcendent end of an episode that will haunt long after the last note rings out.
With each listen to Twilight & Resonance, new constellations, faint echoes, and lyrical threads form both within the album and between its tracks. With artwork by Jeff Holmes and original art by Jonathan Keeton, the pressing is on 180-gram dark purple vinyl. It brings to life the album's dusky mystique, an LP worthy of collectors of ethereal soundscapes and introspective travels. Twilight & Resonance is a threshold. Step inside and you are transported between worlds, where night meets morning, where Resonance becomes revelation.
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