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Longtime agitators of the most acid and cathartic underground of contemporary America, Super Minerals made their mark in 2008 with a vast array of publications, sublimated by ambitious works like "The Thaw" for Not Not Fun or what, in hindsight, could be defined as a supergroup: Magic Lantern, with Cameron Stallones (Sun Araw).
Among these, "The Pelagics" is certainly the most focused concept. Five tracks, five pelagic zones, and five nearly infinite streams of consciousness. The ocean as a place of abstraction and perdition, naturalism, and antispeciesism. Interminable drones, laid upon saturated reverberations on a large scale and tolling bells drowned in the irregular oscillation of broader frequencies. The recording quality, indeed hyper-approximate, becomes here both a tool and a symbol, representative of the concept expressed by the album, recreating a shroud, like listening to the ocean from a boombox inside a cave.
William Giacchi and Phil French succeed here in merging the pure and the impure, abstraction and alienation. A perfect and syncretic sum of the parts, achieved by subtraction.
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Super Minerals' album The Pelagics presents a focused concept exploring five pelagic ocean zones through immersive, abstract soundscapes. The album features rich drones, reverberations, and a deliberately rough recording style that enhances its thematic depth. It blends naturalism and abstraction into a syncretic experience symbolizing the ocean's immensity and mystery. The work is praised for its artistic ambition and the successful fusion of pure and impure musical elements.Tracklist
Super Minerals
An experimental underground project named Super Minerals; the available review credits William Giacchi and Phil French and highlights releases such as The Pelagics and The Thaw.01 Reviews
