Sympathy Pain
Whited Sepulchre Records is proud to reissue the long awaited LP version of Sympathy Pain’s masterpiece Swan Dive. Comprised of Skyler Hitchcox, Casey Hansen (Cult Leader), Chaz Prymek (Lake Mary) and Nora Price. Swan Dive is a masterpiece of post-rock influenced Slowcore. Midwife’s Madeline Johnston appears on “Heaven + Hell”.
Limited to 200 copies. Pro-dubbed cassette.
Side A - Brianna Kelly
Side B - Sympathy Pain
Mastered by Sean McCann
Design and layout by Dustin Bowen
Cincinnati based Brianna Kelly crafts songs that attach themselves to a fleeting connection with the unseen world while rooting itself in a very real topography and landscape. A submission to a force that continues on with or without our attention/devotion. In her liturgical drone-pop songs Brianna weaves hypnotic drones and swells through “When You See It” and “Sanctus” while recalling Julianna Barwick and Grouper in their sedated push and pull. “To Behold You” is held sway under the plodding gloom of Planning for Burial’s linear heaviness.
Brianna also plays guitar and sings in the band Soften.
The third tape in Whited Sepulchre’s split series, Brianna’s floating melodies are tethered to this world by Sympathy Pain’s aching slowgaze.
Birthed from the same SLC creative community that brought forth artists like Stag Hare, braeyden jae and Seven Feathers Rainwater, Skyler Hitchcox has been crafting trembling guitar-based drone-heavy compositions since the early-aughts under the name Silver Antlers. Sympathy Pain represents the truest and most distilled version of Skyler’s emotional heft. Striking a balance between death-to-crescendocore post-rock, static-filled droning and skyward guitar lines, Skyler is joined on keys by Cult Leader drummer Casey Hansen, imbuing these two compositions with living shadows and dead reflections.
Skyler Hitchcox has been crafting trembling guitar-based drone compositions since the early-aughts. Sympathy Pain represents the truest and most distilled version of Skyler’s emotional heft. Striking a balance between death-to-crescendocore post-rock, static-filled droning and skyward guitar lines, Skyler is joined by Cult Leader drummer Casey Hansen, Chaz Prymek (Lake Mary) and Nora Price who imbue these compositions with living shadows and dead reflections.
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THE SOUND NOT THE WORD
Shimmering guitars, gentle drones, and sparse drums make up the component parts of their two songs, that feel simultaneously sparse and yet so very warm and comforting.
BEACH SLOTH
On Sympathy Pain’s side, the emphasis resides more heavily on mood, with sprawling textures that recall some of the best of Stars of the Lid’s exceptional work. Stylistically, both draw from a variety of sources, ranging all the way from drone to classical to post-rock coming into the mix. Full of delicate textures everything feels so absolutely shimmering throughout the sculpted sounds.