Squid O Monolith Ashes of the Wake Andris Mattson

Andris Mattson

The albums physicality is elemental

streetwise wisdom

Joel Shearer (guitar)

the sextet made a move to West Philadelphia and began recording their upcoming release

Squid O Monolith Ashes of the Wake Andris MattsonTeeming with melodic epiphanies and layered sounds, Squids second album O Monolith is a musical evocation of environment, domesticity and self made folklore. Like its predecessor, 2021s critically acclaimed, UK number 4 album Bright Green Field, it is dense and tricksy but also more warm and characterful, with a meandering, questioning nature. A sense of open conversation is cultivated: this is unmistakably music made by friends, but its not