ROGER TELLIER CRAIG - Instantanés LP New Zealand fellow Michigander Steve Shelley (Sonic

fellow Michigander Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) runs drums

The opening track “There’s A World” is a finger-picked fever dream nailing the rarified “beauty jumps into bed w/ horror” sweet spot so squarely one can’t believe it’s not a cover of some hippy hangover perfection dating back to the Nixon administration

A relentless sonic explorer

The band is recognized as the juggernaut of Scandinavian hardcore

Equally heartbreaking as uplifting

ROGER TELLIER CRAIG - Instantanés LP New Zealand fellow Michigander Steve Shelley (SonicMontreal stalwart Roger Tellier Craig (of Le Rvlateur Fly Pan Am) returns to Root Strata under his given name to offer a stunningly abstract pair of compositions indicating a severe departure from his earlier work. While Instantans might at first evoke Acousmatic and Musique concrte traditions, the two side long snapshots Roger presents feel far more spontaneous and rustic than those trappings might suggest, or as Luc Ferrari would say a concrte music