University Chenille Patch Bobby Gillespie

University Chenille Patch Bobby GillespieUniversity Chenille Patch, with iron on backing

It was only a lucky few indie Festival attendees who witnessed Alloy Orchestra's performance of their soundtrack to the 1929 silent film "The Man with the Movie Camera" in our Blue Room in the fall of 2013

the more people that depend on you—but there’s always a little bit of missing the freedom from when you’re younger

At the time of the performance

Vox Arcana

Individually

Somehow I'm still here

a powerful introduction to the album’s lavishly detailed storytelling (“The scratch that crawls across my neck is starting to give me the chills/I slip slowly into a trance and suddenly a void’s been filled”)

has resulted in a mix that highlights and accentuates these contrasts - capturing both the primal rawness and the melodic sweetness of the band

Many of the songs are variations of mirologia (songs of fate

shot at Third Man Records Cass Corridor storefront on White’s 44th birthday

Strange Horizons

All 6 versions will be available digitally