Hot on the heels of his brand new album Victoria Park (which we liked a lot), Fog Lake has reissued two of his previous albums, Virgo Indigo and Farther Reaches, as a double cassette tape in partnership with the good folks over at Z Tapes (who released the great albums by Ruth & Trudy and The Washboard Abs earlier this year). It’s a great opportunity to get both of these albums on cassette
Farther Reaches was first released in January of 2013 and is a perfect example of what Aaron Powell strives to with the project. It’s lo-fi pop for the drone kids, sometimes atmospheric and echoey, sometimes blissfully dreamy, with faraway vocals and a warm gauzy ambience, like a downer version of Youth Lagoon’s début.
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Virgo Indigo was released more than a year later, and this is reflected in the production quality, although the album still retains Fog Lake’s signature solitary and inward-gazing aura. Think the doleful bedroom pop of Coma Cinema meets the experimental pop music of Broken Social Scene. The album was originally released on cassette by Orchid Tapes, but has long sold out, so this is a great opportunity for anyone who missed it first time around.
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You can get Virgo Indigo / Farther Reaches right now on double cassette via Z Tapes.