Styne Vallis by Reigns
Jonson Family Records
“A sulphurous, blue-grey miasma hangs heavy over this spoiled reservoir as if the air itself is attempting to solidify to hold the water down. Within it, like spirits trapped in aspic, hover a million flies drawn by the stench of stagnation. If you could see through the fug, through the gelatinous surface of the water and through the shifting green murk, you would see houses, all the dwellings of a forgotten village, pathetically huddled together on the reservoir bed. A thousand silent corridors, landings and hallways, all lost in the gradual act of flaking away.
To the north, the Rectory, its trellises black with kelp. To the west, the war memorial, the names of the fallen devoured by the creeping slime. Now, to the south, the chapel and its new congregation, a thrashing, knotted snarl of eels. Above them, a rusted bell will occasionally slump to one side, emitting a reluctant clank. And somewhere, a page from a sodden calendar comes loose and floats up towards the surface.
This is Styne Vallis. This is where the trail begins…”
Scripted voiceover for Eric Eptova’s lost documentary “Wessex Faultline: Following the South-West’s Supernatural Seam” (1972).
Tracklist
| 1. | The Lost Black Mass Footage | 5:22 |
| 2. | Afloat, Fly Blown | 3:33 |
| 3. | Volcanoes of Taiwan | 4:08 |
| 4. | The Three Pockets | 3:01 |
| 5. | Wedding of Weed and Dead Weed | 4:09 |
| 6. | Chambers | 3:59 |
| 7. | Revised Map of the British Isles | 3:06 |
| 8. | Spore Regent | 4:47 |
| 9. | Divorcee | 3:53 |
| 10. | Silver Eels of Styne | 3:46 |
| 11. | Rising of the Spire | 4:30 |
