02 Jul 2012 — Henning Lahmann
Portland, Maine's Matthew Lajoie is a man of many projects, and lately he has kept himself busy releasing and touring with
Planets Around the Sun and his latest venture
Brainshadows. Ever since the dissolution of his principal group
Cursillistas however, Lajoie's main creative focus has been
Herbcraft. After two excellent LPs on
Hello Sunshine and a cassette via
Fuck It Tapes, both
Woodsist spinoffs, this year Lajoie returns with two new releases of his signature psych-induced outsider folk. Before the third proper Herbcraft record arrives this fall, a new limited edition tape comes next week to bridge the gap.
Flowering contains ten fresh transmissions of opaque and somber yet delightfully ambitious and sprawling explorations. Listen to the expansive, slow-burning and otherworldly instrumental "Journey to the Center of Your Hive" below.
Flowering will be out July 9 on UK-based Julia Dream Recordings in an edition of 99 tapes. The new imprint has no website yet, but distribution will happen via
Volcanic Tongue.
Lajoie is about to embark on a brief east coast tour together with
MV & EE, check the dates below:
07/14 Asheville, NC at Grey Eagle (Inner Mountain Festival, with MV & EE, Dredd Foole, Michael Flower Band, Samara Lubelski & Aswara, Von Himmel, and DJs Ian Nagoski and M. Geddes Gendras)
07/15 Chapel Hill, NC at Nightlight (w/ MV & EE, SNAKE)
07/16 Charlottesville, VA at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar (w/ MV & EE, Von Himmel)
07/17 Harrisburg, PA at Stage on Herr (w/ MV & EE)
