portland, or. bedroom wanderer ilyas ahmed emerges from the shadows and offers up his first new batch of songs in some time. over a year in the making, ‘goner’ sees ahmed telescoping his previous acoustic wanderings into fuzzed out rockers and a hypnotic set of beautifully tight knit nocturnes. the whole things kicks off with a massive rush to the head called ‘earn your blood’ which has ilyas effortlessly channeling any number of stoned out trajectories found in a topanga canyon ditch circa mid 70’s. massive waves of hiss still penetrate the mix, and so do the smeared vocal trails, it’s just that it’s all a little more in focus this time around. the comedown into ‘exit twilight’ with grouper at the helm is a haunting broadcast that will for sure knock around in your skull for days. edition of 1000 cd’s in an offset buff case with maroon ink… awesome.
AHMED, ILYAS ~ GONER ~ cd (root strata)
AHMED, ILYAS ~ GONER ~ cd (root strata)
portland, or. bedroom wanderer ilyas ahmed emerges from the shadows and offers up his first new batch of songs in some time. over a year in the making, ‘goner’ sees ahmed telescoping his previous acoustic wanderings into fuzzed out rockers and a hypnotic set of beautifully tight knit nocturnes. the whole things kicks off with a massive rush to the head called ‘earn your blood’ which has ilyas effortlessly channeling any number of stoned out trajectories found in a topanga canyon ditch circa mid 70’s. massive waves of hiss still penetrate the mix, and so do the smeared vocal trails, it’s just that it’s all a little more in focus this time around. the comedown into ‘exit twilight’ with grouper at the helm is a haunting broadcast that will for sure knock around in your skull for days. edition of 1000 cd’s in an offset buff case with maroon ink… awesome.