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01. CURSILLISTAS - Drone (Groan)
02. CURSILLISTAS - Caves Carved In Golden Light
03. CURSILLISTAS - Larks On A String
04. CURSILLISTAS - Treestain
05. CURSILLISTAS - Moccasin Tramp
06. CURSILLISTAS - Happened In The Sun / Moccasin Stamp
07. CURSILLISTAS - Show Them Love
ARTIST
TITLE
Wasp Stings The Last Bitter Flavor
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
ACE 006CD ACE 006CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/3/2008

"Wasp Stings The Last Bitter Flavor marks the first widely available release from this Portland, Maine troubadour. The brains behind the project is Matt Lajoie and he is perhaps best known for his enchanted album on Time-Lag Records. His folk-inspired psychedelia reaches new heights on Wasp Stings as he puts together an album of lost songs, found hiding in a dank and dusty cellar. Lajoie's approach here is different. It's as if he's taken the negative space of his previous works and hashed them out and spruced them up until they've become epic, flowing songs whitewashed with a basket full of analog hiss. The whole thing flows together like magic poured straight from the sky. It's haunting, beautiful music. Cursillistas' music is often densely populated with a variety of instrumentation and textures. Lajoie is a master at molding sounds from a variety of sources into a cohesive, organic whole. This music, as with past efforts, sounds like an intimate secret whispered in the listener's ear. You feel as though you're being led into a world where very few lucky souls find their way. Lajoie's distinctive voice is the true weapon here, weaving hypnotic melodies over rivers of delicately strummed acoustic guitars. Wasp Stings The Last Bitter Flavor is his message in a bottle. It's a love letter to everyone and no one, and there's a lot to love here. Lajoie is joined by the inimitable Nemo Birdstrup (Time-Lag Records figurehead and the brains behind Drona Parva) and sometime MV & EE collaborator, Sparrow Wildchild."