Astral Gold by Dean McPhee

“Alien presences, spaced-out minimalism and celestial English guitar…an album tied together by the haunted and the alien, and rich with a welcoming abstraction – 8/10″ Uncut Magazine

“Anchored by the thudding pulse generated by a kick drum, the atmospheric, reverb-laden proceedings often channel the slow motion echo chamber ethos of dub reggae or the nocturnal inner space explorations of more cerebral electronic music – 8/10″ Loud & Quiet Magazine

“Achieves a sort of elegantly blackened transcendance: like, roughly, Michael Rother and Bohren & Der Club of Gore enacting a slow-motion ritual in the remotest Pennines – ★★★★” MOJO Magazine

“There’s really no one else who can create (and sustain) the darkly seductive mood that’s embedded within his work…McPhee’s feeling for dramatic tension ensures that Astral Gold holds your attention from note to note, from beginning to end” Aquarium Drunkard

“Artful, fluid psychedelic guitar excursions…The Bradford guitarist’s fifth album takes Roy Montgomery and Manuel Göttsching on a trip deep into the old weird Yorkshire” The Quietus

“When McPhee is at his best, there is absolutely no one else that can match his singular slow-motion magic” Brainwashed

Tracklist

1.	Cosmos	5:48

2.	Ether	5:21

3.	Neptune	6:02

4.	Lunar Fire	5:41

5.	The Second Message	3:10

6.	The Sediment of Creation	10:42

Credits

released February 16, 2024

P & C Bass Ritual 2024

Mastered and cut by Anne Taegert at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin

All tracks written by Dean McPhee and recorded live with no overdubs

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