Uriarra Road by y0t0
Uriarra Road by y0t0 is a Russian novel of Australian rural decay; 14 tracks of densely layered processed guitar, crowd melody, rain noise, electronic manipulation and birdsong.
Inspired by the film ‘In The Winter Dark’, Uriarra Road charts the decline of an outback town chasing survival as industry money crawls back to the city limits; left in its place is a confused and aging collective memory, drunk on nostalgia and the feral rantings of a right wing press.
Cabin fever, writ large.
y0t0, or Year Of The Ox, is the solo project of Charles Sage of Hessien; previous EPs No Myths and Baraku have been reconstructions of dialogue from documentaries No Maps For These Territories and Goddo Supiido Yuu! Burakku Emparaa, but Urriara Road sees a full album’s exploration of the hope found in abandonment, using a broad palette of field recordings, guitar noise, sparse electronica, minimal beats and bottom end drone.
Helping y0t0 map the town in question are Downliners Sekt, Jasper TX, Ghosting Season, Field Rotation, Spheruleus, Relmic Statute and Seaworthy, all of whom navigate the intersections and resentful front rooms of Uriarra Road with skeletal reinterpretations of the main street.
Tracklist
| 1. | Black Ice | 5:41 |
| 2. | Uriarra Road (Spheruleus) | 5:19 |
| 3. | They Mostly Come At Night. Mostly | 4:47 |
| 4. | Uriarra Road (Field Rotation) | 6:38 |
| 5. | Ida's Dream | 4:33 |
| 6. | Uriarra Road (Jasper TX) | 4:21 |
| 7. | Children Overboard | 4:40 |
| 8. | Uriarra Road (Seaworthy) | 4:59 |
| 9. | The Circumstances In Which They Come | 2:52 |
| 10. | Uriarra Road (Relmic Statute) | 5:00 |
| 11. | Requiem For Ida's Dream | 4:13 |
| 12. | Uriarra Road (Ghosting Season) | 4:01 |
| 13. | 2:55am | 5:08 |
| 14. | Uriarra Crossing/Mirror Condensation (Downliners Sekt) | 5:19 |
Credits
Guitar on "Ida's Dream"by Ben Carter.
Vocals on "2:55am" by Jane Sage.
Remixes by Downliners Sekt, Jasper TX, Ghosting Season, Field Rotation, Spheruleus, Relmic Statute and Seaworthy.
Mastered by Taylor Deupree.
Text in artwork from "Six Days On The Mountains Of Cowley" by John Gale.
Artwork by Charles Sage, Ian Hazeldine and Dan Crossley.
Film by Ian Hazeldine.
