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14 tracks: Midnight nomads

We're back on land this week, searching under rocks for desolate drone, introverted Americana and occult artefacts to while away baltic nights. 'The Story Begins' with Myrmyr's forlorn folk strings and tentative drones, bleeding into 'The Corascene Dog' from Earth's nicotine-stained 'Angels of Darkness, Demons Of Light II', and the blues roots of Nate Young and John Olsen's Stare Case. Meanwhile, Simon Scott surveys abandoned vistas on 'Gamma', and The Shadow Ring vanquish any semblance of hope with the arid 'Nocturnal Middle Rumbles'. Resigned to the fact, Starving Weirdos' 'Dreams, Endless' delves inwards to mystical, otherworldly terrain, and the stony ground of Pinch & Shackleton's 'Monks On The Run'. The ordeal reaches a cold-sweating apex with Young Hunting's 'Embers From The Pyre' and via the handmade crafts of The Haxan Cloak, William Fowler Collins, Indignant Senility and Pyramids / Horseback. The ultimate resolution comes with Bardo Pond and Tom Carter's sublime live recordings.