MATCHESS - The Rafter LP shoegaze this album captures the powerful

this album captures the powerful and varied sounds of an envelope-pushing

and as usual John Dwyer

Discordance flows into monotone so well you'd think that each instrument was manipulated by one arm of a multiple-armed demi-god

Inner sleeve with liner notes

Compiled more or less in release order

MATCHESS - The Rafter LP shoegaze this album captures the powerfulThe Rafter is the third LP from Chicago artist MATCHESS. Highly recommended by Strangeworld. Minimal synthstress, violist and singer Whitney Johnson (of Verma) solo project bewitches listeners with sparse rhythms, synthetic melodies, squealing guitar lines and heavily affected vocals.