PORTRAYAL OF GUILT - The Beginning of The End LP Color:Black Vinyl

PORTRAYAL OF GUILT - The Beginning of The End LP Color:Black VinylBeginning of the End is the latest album from Portrayal of Guilt, a curious title for a band that has treated each release like a new creative start, constantly reinventing themselves since their inception less than a decade ago. In that relatively short time, the Austin trio have not only toured the world over, created their own musical eco system and released three seminal full length albums, they have done it in a manner that avoided compromise,

Heady without being stifled

Nyland would launch into remarkable piano improvisations on a specially tuned baby grand

Described by Austin Lunn as ‘Northwoods Americana’ or ‘outdoor country’

It’s a record for anyone trying to stay open

as if the songs are being pulled backwards through some vortex to the past

Printed by Graphius (Gent

Three years later

VENERA emerged in 2022 when Hunt and Shaffer veered into their own musical territory after recording with Albanian artist Xhoana X

whether it's 'One Pitch' with its unsettling yodel-like quivering drones or 'Gurgle'

including old portable reel-to-reel recorders and cassette tape decks

the group developed various techniques – revolving mostly around the use of overtones – that would embody their unique sound

Katabatic is a Lisbon-based band carrying a distinctly instrumental Post -Rock / -Metal sound within and a more psychedelic