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Glass Fate

by Desert Liminal

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    Glass Fate will be available on 150 gram vinyl. Glass Fate was produced by Desert Liminal, Robby Haynes and Ziyad Asrar. Recorded and mixed at Strange Magic Recording Chicago, IL.
    Artwork by Neal Vandenbergh. Layout and design by Dustin Bowen.

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    Please Note: Due to global supply chain issues, physical copies of the LP will not be available until November 2021. As the date gets closer we will move the release date back. Fans who would like to have physical media now are encouraged to select the CD + LP package. CD's will be shipped by the end of July. Shipping costs are for the LP only. You will not need to pay extra for CD shipping.

    Glass Fate will be available on 150 gram vinyl. Glass Fate was produced by Desert Liminal, Robby Haynes and Ziyad Asrar. Recorded and mixed at Strange Magic Recording Chicago, IL.
    Artwork by Neal Vandenbergh. Layout and design by Dustin Bowen.

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    This package includes releases from WSR releases out this fall including LP's from Desert Liminal, Zvrra and Allison Lorenzen.

    Please Note: Due to global supply chain issues, physical copies of these LPs will not be available until November 2021. As the date gets closer we will move the release date back. Fans who would like to have physical media now are encouraged to select the CD + LP package. CD's will be shipped by the end of July.

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1.
painter cordoned off few can color wade turning colors in your shower water kiss a blue dog collar day paid it off in muscle few can claw it to grace fire cages of your water color the beast of faith if you can swallow the madness be apart, a part of some wore your shoes to bed in case the christ should care to come painter call me often truth and color in waves fire cages of your water color my heart to beat if you can swallow the madness be apart, a part of some wore your shoes to bed in case the christ should care to come for that comet ride the starfield dip and the starfield bend to twirl born homesick for some other world
2.
Couldn’t feel for nothing’s why I wrote you off a long line I was a liar too, dirt picture of the wronged and righteous Flicker screens of youth, dirt projector of the mind’s eye I was a liar too, I’m living up to you I was a liar too, turret gunner for the lost light Flicker screens of youth, dirt projector of the mind’s eye Dream in green, in tune, soft trip into a new tide That rhetoric poison, love it was a long time That letter was poison, love it was a lie
3.
New Tongue 03:04
I don’t need no southbound highway sign To tell me HELL IS REAL It’s where I got my shiners Harsh time, wise mother of my deep purple under eye No I don’t have to drive I earned mine, palm fronds of the combine Sun on my cold face Strip on my new tongue Copped it out on the lawn Wrapped raw in Medicaid gauze Not so afraid to just be ugly, after all Baby wants me on my sunshine upswing Smiling light as lace, kiss like a new snake Likes the record that my broke down home made Baby leave no trace or indentation Peep my gut deep morning shudder shake The steady knock of the same dark decade raging Like an Nth generation punk on her birthday Sun on my cold face, strip on my new tongue The steady knock The steady knock of the same
4.
the body that held you bore an awful sound heaven bent waiting on you, loud you could carve a way home, blue orchid sound heaven bent waiting on you, loud drumming, face the edge of yourself, and over alone, as ever, over drumming, face the edge of yourself, and over over over heaven compels you now, a long-drawn heavy howl heaven bent waiting on you loudly, howling out you could carve all the way home, blue orchid sound heaven bent waiting on you, loud drumming, face the edge of yourself, and over alone, as ever, over drumming, face the edge of yourself, and over over over the way home the way home the way home
5.
Poppy Seed 02:45
Oblivion in a poppy seed Neon kink in the blood-brain halo Vivid dawn of your biopsy Neon wing of a profane angel Pale, you are a faithful wave forming Last day your forehead saw Glass fame you turn your face from What do you call these turns of form? Last day your forehead saw Glass fate that follows no one order What do you call these waves that form along, and call you on? Last day your forehead saw Glass fate that follows no one order How do you cull these waves that form along, and call you on?
6.
the end we held out, the hours on the phone it felt like holding close a hollow love run wild gone folded cold into the pile i pin my eyes on the rainbow sherbet sky a lilac rising tide that pounds on when you go escape our sunk new age clown show beware the modern air the cheap vagaries of language shake, shake the daze off day by day i faked it, too i faked it, too all across, you faked it all across you faded out, wandering up and out you faked it all, all across you faded out, wandering up and out i faked it, too our colder waves in phase the blood moon's bedroom eye it fell like guiding light that bounced on where you'd be bored of your party, called for me beware the modern air the cheap vagaries of language shake, shake the daze off day by day all, all across you faded out, wandering up and out
7.
Fire Escape 02:53
If I could go it alone maybe I’d meet you down the sunlit highway There was a language we spoke There was a warmth to every lovelorn “No” If there’s a language at all Our left hands shaking Sounding bells on your fire escape I pass it still in the cold Six years of waiting like a childhood dog Given the choice I’d fade this like a well-worn radio Given the chance I chased you like a childhood untied dog I got one eye on the road
8.
Disco Spring 02:09
My love will come to me holy Gold fleece in disguise Sneaking candy and ice cream Sweet smile belies the full house he’s holding My love rear up a phosphene cobra Wry sorcerer’s tongue Psychonaut from the sun Skatin on The squares pair off in horror Babe, I had it bad Let go or be dragged Baby, I had it rough Let go or be drug My love will come to me slowly Pain kiss the winter Disco spring Pain kissing the winter Disco spring Then over and over and over
9.
Jewel Box 03:38
Sky open like a jewel box on the field Lawful evil walks a razor length behind Unease that we were wrong to fight Red eve of the parade I cease to feel Unease, a razor tossed to sea Wherever you are Wherever you are low Wherever you stayed lost Your flailing, taloned aura Red eve of the parade I cease to fear Unease, a razor tossed to sea Wherever you are Wherever you are low Wherever you stayed lost Your flailing, taloned aura

about

“I don’t need no southbound highway sign to tell me HELL IS REAL”.

This opening line from the debut single “New Tongue” launches us into the sophomore album Glass Fate by the Chicago based Desert Liminal. Glass Fate takes us through a Lost Highway trip into the subconscious of Sarah Jane Quillin’s year while writing this record. The songs form a collective meditation on Quillin’s hope and grief while processing the loss of a parent, the end of a beloved band Heavy Dreams (a collaboration with DEHD’s Emily Kempf), and witnessing the surreal near-death experience of her best friend, Desert Liminal’s drummer Rob Logan, during one of their shows. Channeling this heaviness into soaring and simmering experimental indie rock, Desert Liminal’s sound is marked by Quillin’s spectral vocal melodies layered over warm, looping walls of vintage synthesizer and violin filtered through a distortion pedal array. Rob Logan’s drumming ranges from driving post-punk drum grooves to thoughtful, held back polyrhythms that serve and elevate the record.

Completing this subverted power trio, violinist and prolific noise artist Mallory Linehan (Chelsea Bridge) joined in 2019, perfecting the trio’s sound with spacious strings and tape loops that blend into the warm wash of resonating reverb and delay. A first listen of Glass Fate reveals a band with an astute ear for creating warm, engaging art-pop that entwines Quillin’s eliding delivery around smart hooks and introspective, bordering on melancholy, melodies. The further these songs move from the source they begin slipping into headier terrain creating neck-craning audio fields of droning violins and looped voice that recall Tony Conrad at his most accessible and Haley Fohr’s experimentations with voice and breath. These sounds cohabitate in the liminal space where meaning and reference slowly fade into Jungian archetype and back again through the trio’s strong grasp on solid, reality-affirming songwriting.

A fixture in the deep field of Chicago independent music, Desert Liminal has shared bills with varied acts like Caroline Polachek, Molly Nilsson, and Eyedress. They recently performed live on Chicago's NPR station WBEZ.

"Desert Liminal Make Art for Artifice on Glass Fate"
- Chicago Reader

"It looks like the beginning of major breakthrough for the band"
- Destroy/Exist

"Desert Liminal's gorgeous sound has roots in a deep friendship"
- Chicago Tribune

"The sense of maturing into something harder and firmer without sacrificing the poetic air"
- Various Small Flames

credits

released November 19, 2021

Produced by Desert Liminal, Robby Haynes and Ziyad Asrar.

Recorded and mixed at Strange Magic Recording Chicago, IL.

Desert Liminal is Sarah Jane Quillin, Rob Logan and Mallory Linehan.
Flute by Maria Jacobson (Fran)

Art by Neal Vandenbergh. Layout and Design by Dustin Bowen.

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Desert Liminal Chicago, Illinois

♫ ☾ Desert Liminal is an experimental pop trio and fixture in the deep field of Chicago D.I.Y. Their unique sound combines elements of melodic dream pop, shoegaze, and noise.

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