*toHeatedWomb*to by Goatfoam
Warm Gospel 59
“*toHeatedWomb*to” is a meditation. An exploration of internality. Tracks crafted from passing thoughts, reorganized and restructured into a sense of self. Mantras amplified through repetition. Words to live by.
This look inward is explored through the album’s lyrical self-discovery and loose psychedelic-tinged instrumentation, but the structure is built upon a bed of samples, field recordings, and mechanical rhythms. At times, it reminds me of some of the more abstract moments on Gang Gang Dance’s excellent “St. Dymphna” album filtered through the loner fidelity of bedroom pop.
At other times, it’s not as easy to pin down. After all, there’s nothing recognizable as a traditional verse/chorus structure, but rather each movement unfolds more like a memory: seemingly there to remind us of something, but gone before we can grasp it.
Tracklist
| 1. | Esoteric Manifold | 1:29 |
| 2. | Hermit in a Happy Place | 1:24 |
| 3. | Mushroom Heat | 2:38 |
| 4. | Intermission (HatSeeker) | 0:20 |
| 5. | Hidden Gems | 5:54 |
| 6. | I Think I Have Been Abel (Able) | 2:32 |
| 7. | Mystery Weather | 4:30 |
| 8. | MicroUniMacro | 4:42 |
Credits
Cover art by Chrissy Kovacsics
All Music by Goatfoam 2018
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"...mad scientists developing new ways to combine 60s psychedelia and the more experimental edges of early 90s shoegaze. These tunes have an overall calming effect, and the melodies of tunes like “Hermit in a Happy Place” or “Hidden Gems” have a way of resurfacing in your head just when you need them later."
-Scott Scholz, Tabs Out
