overlapping in disparate layers and warping polyphonic textures as its frequencies collide and clash

He can make any living thing dance and then sit down with a click

This unvarnished truth-telling is central to the album’s commentary on our social hypocrisy and resulting abuse

” - Michael Gira/Swans 2008

Black Duck entered the studio with engineer/producer John Hughes III with only three tunes written prior

MJ LENDERMAN - Manning Fireworks LP Color:Black Vinyl overlapping in disparate layers andMJ Lenderman is a songwriter born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin" a cold one with some buds; a voice reminiscent of the high lonesome warble of a choirboy. Songs snake their way from a lo fi home recording to something glossier made withn longtime friends at Asheville"s Drop of Sun studios, but the recording setting doesn"t seem to