Swanox - Dawnrunner.

15 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

The year 2010 just keeps on pleasing me with completely unanticipated pieces of the most amazing music. This time, it's California slacker Anthony Boruch aka Swanox who's made my day with his terrific Dawnrunner, a cassette just short of the forty minute mark that is a splendid take on slowly meandering, noise infused psychedelia, a night ride to dark yet appealing places. Britt Brown has dubbed this "loner drone-folk", and this just about nails it. Recorded at his San Francisco home on a Fostex X-12 over a period of roughly eight months until this May before getting the thing mixed down in LA, Dawnrunner is an amazingly tight and coherent effort both musically and atmospherically, hypnagogic yet with a personal and unique interpretation of the term. The tape is available now via Not Not Fun at an edition of 100, and believe me you do want this.

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