Heavy with Illusion (CD) (Digi-Pak)

The seventh album from NZ experimental guitarist Andrew Moon (RST), and his first collaboration with Lenz, the lead singer of Shanghai band Goushen! Interspersed with instrumental interludes, the mood of the record constantly shifts. Familiar drone signatures appear but are re-contextualized by the human voice, as heavy space stomping glam-doom riffs buoy soaring spoken word love-verses. Sung and spoken predominantly in her native tongue, Lenz's songs offer a gorgeous counterpoint to Moon's pulsing guitar modality. A potent meeting of musical minds that has reset the course for both artists as progenitors of the new transcendental music of the Pacific Rim!