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A lot of self-proclaimed go-getters take full responsibility for their actions and efficacy. The motivation and blueprints to make changes in their lives is always at hand. For others though? They’ve got no opposition to looking up at the sky, acknowledging that the universe’s inner workings are beyond control, and just hoping for help from any sort of higher power, be it the stars themselves, alien life, or what have you. But really with the latter option, we can’t even fault folks for allowing the chance of outside intervention to get unstuck from a bad rut.
All that said, things seem to be shaping up nicely for SKLOSS – the husband-and-wife duo of Austin singer-percussionist Karen Skloss and Glasgow singer-guitarist Sandy Carson. Between their backgrounds with Moving Panoramas and Iglomat, respectively, Skloss and Carson created this collaboration in woodside isolation in the midst of COVID. And as heard on their 2022 debut EP Voices Travel Through This, SKLOSS excels with White Stripes-type drum-and-guitar arrangements and overall some serious kickass energy with a huge sense of volume (both in terms of space and decibels).
This morning, SKLOSS opened up shop on their upcoming full-length The Pattern Speaks, due out next March. For this Charles Godfrey-produced eight-track, SKLOSS indulges in substantial psychedelia, post-metal drones, rhythms ripe for introspection, and that uncomplicated sense of rawness that brought us to SKLOSS in the first place. The announcement coincides with the LP’s lead single, title track, and music video plus a single release show 9PM tomorrow night for the And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead afterparty at 13th Floor alongside soundcult. And yeah, the cosmic SOS that is “The Pattern Speaks” is a heavy as hell banger of a sneak peek at what’s to come, just review the CCTV footage below.
