Portland drone/shoegaze/noise unit FOLIAN announces the release of their hypnotic offering to the EP gods, Mimicking Nothingness. The EP arrives via architect D. Fylstra’s own imprint, Anima Recordings.
“The EP explores the idea of becoming less than you believe to be expected to become, and the refusal to fulfill an assumed form in the eyes of others,” says Fylstra. The album is a cinematic soundscape, sounding as if it is being broadcast through a wormhole connecting dimensions. Drowning in reverb, drone and echo, the haunting collection is the stuff of unsettled dreams. With industrial percussion, muffled voice and powerful ballad hooks hiding in the static for the first two songs, the final track, “Mimicking Nothingness,” is a self-fulfilled prophecy with a cacophonic presentation of scratchy sound waves seemingly designed to assault the listener.
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Cold winter’s journey Oh your soul keeps bleeding on Through the storm and the war…
Untie The few and far behind Interest informant redefined Form a feed within and without…
Lost in a dream again Tell me that you want me, no need to pretend…
You can’t believe what they say, they’ll treat you like a fool It hurts me…
Did you feel afraid to whisper? It’s such cold comfort but it’s real The weight…
When light has gone Snow angels will turn to grey Dark veil of our embrace…