Stratosphere (25th Anniversary Edition): Limited Clear + Black Splatter Vinyl LP [NAD23] Orlando Weeks It starts as an inkling

It starts as an inkling or a glimmer of natural talent and expands into something vast and formidable

“Set Your Fire on Me” builds and bursts not unlike Angel Olsen’s own raw folk-rock expressionism—and then there’s the stark opener and first single “Blue

the DECAPITATED story builds triumph from tragedy

and 'Today Forever')

Stratosphere (25th Anniversary Edition): Limited Clear + Black Splatter Vinyl LP [NAD23] Orlando Weeks It starts as an inklingBest listened to from inside the womb, Dusters 1998s debut Stratosphere simultaneously capped off and reinvented the slow cores first wave. A four track dreamscape that will wake the neighbors and then lull them back to sleep. Hazy, arpeggiated guitars layer over a deliberate drummer with no real place to be, as semi inaudible vocals warn of millennial malaise and subtly encourage the listener to rock out, rock out, rock out, rock out. Music for dark