Label: LAAPS
大推薦。現在北カリフォルニアの海岸に住む孤高の女性シンガーソングライターのZhalih。LAAPSと同系統のレーベルEilean Rec.から2018年にデビューした音楽家で、本作は3年越しで発表された待望の2ndアルバム[They Call]。試聴の通りほぼ全編に美しいボーカルが入るフォーク及びシューゲイズ録音で、程良い実験演奏に消え入りそうな幻想的歌唱やダウナーな歌声を並走させる過去のLAAPSには無かった異質な内容。非常に気持ちの良い一枚です。お馴染みCDスリーヴを完全シール留めしたセンスの良いパッケージ。200部限定。
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• Glass mastered CD
• Digisleeve : white cardboard 300 gm
• Outside : x 2 adhesive glossy paper + matt paper
• Inside : thick paper card & adhesive glossy paper
• Hand numbered Limited edition to 200 copies, sealed (like old book)
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Hannah Zhalih Mickunas is a multidisciplinary artist currently living on the Northern California coast.
After a first album recorded for eilean rec. in 2018, she comes back 3 years later on LAAPS with her second LP, "They Call".
All songs, voices and instruments by Hannah Zhalih Mickunas.
Recorded between 2013 and 2021.
Beats/electronic by :
Michael J Collins on "Shadows from the sky", "Water", "Blue Dust"
Jake Holmen on "Like a Wave", "Seventeen", "Trouble"
Beth Navah co-wrote "Visions of Clay" and "Crying like a Lamp"
"These Days" / "Sad" / "Daylight ": previously released in 2018 on eilean rec.
Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Hollie Chastain
Design by Sprflxgrfzm