she brews tea,
loose leaf
& in the breeze we’re alright to be
shattered like an ornament
that fell like a fruit from the tree
where she won’t attach or detach or climb
thru silk threads within rib cage
hoping to find more than
shallow tones & requiems.
jaggers pick her back
for the insects to spin their web.
oh and what a garden to harvest
in strands of neutral brain cells
that pop & inflate.
little barbwires of trigger word
induce the woke dream
of lost nostalgia.
supported by 21 fans who also own “Mara (In The Breeze)”
Up there with Joe's best -- it feels like it pulls from every record he's done before while still being completely distinct from any Cymbals record in the way it combines the psychedelia and accessibility with some of the lushest, most ornately arranged music I've heard. Plus the guitars still rock, the solos fucking slap, and the ballads somehow slap just as hard. The narrative based lyrics also hit a sweet spot in Joe's lyricism -- direct but inventive, descriptive and endlessly compelling. Emmanuel Castillo
William Ryan Fritch's enthralling, doomy new CD comes housed in a gorgeous, panoramic gatefold sleeve with bewitching original artwork. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2016