EntroVector by Low Forest

EntroVector is a double-album mixdown of Low Forest's two records, Entrovert and Ambivector, together. The albums are a space rock dual-release, meant to be played simultaneously (think Flaming Lips, or Dark Side of the Moon and Wizard of Oz). Ambivector is the "space side" and Entrovert is the "rock side." If you play both albums at the same time, they sync up.

EntroVector fulfills the most frequent request the band receives: a pre-synched version. Moreover, it is also a "director's cut" that uses additional engineering techniques to weave the two albums together cohesively--bringing forward synth parts, rhythmic motifs, and modal interplay in context that goes beyond lining up the two independent records. EntroVector was mixed and mastered by Josh King and released exactly two years after the two albums first came out.

Since a lot of people have already purchased the albums previously, the cost of EntroVector is set as Name Your Price in Bandcamp, so as to not double-charge people for the double-album (quadruple charge?). Enjoy!

The dual-release concept originated with Josh King and Brad Schumacher in 2021. As best friends and long-time collaborators in The Man And The Scientist (Saint Louis noise), King brought Schumacher onto the project, and together they produced Ambivector and Entrovert collaboratively.

Entrovert is the debut full length album by Kansas City-based band Low Forest, founded by lead singer and guitarist Josh King. The album advances the genre of "space rock" using science-fiction metaphors and immersive, heavy compositions to explore idealism, love, isolation, resilience, and acceptance. As a longtime fan of bands like Hum, Failure, A Perfect Circle, and Godflesh, the album is a culmination of two decades of King's songwriting, with "Qu'est (Ce Que Tu As Fait)" written when he was 17.

Entrovert was recorded on an entirely remote basis during 2020-2023, in the home studios of Josh King, Halston Rossi, and Brad Schumacher. Of note, while the three have collaborated for years, Rossi has met neither King nor Schumacher in person. In 2023, King was joined by Alex Dunn (bass), Keith Howell (drums), and Cayden Hunter (guitar) to perform Low Forest live. Dunn and Howell have been with the band ever since and have become integral, key members of Low Forest.

Ambivector is a concept album of noise that accompanies the album Entrovert. Ambivector is designed to be played concurrently with Entrovert--you sync up Sun Worshipper and Sun Warship, and then each song plays together. On the other hand, you can also listen to Ambivector by itself. Try both albums at equal volumes, one up high, the other low, and on a variety of different systems.

Ambivector is a literal journey out from the center of the solar system. The album features real recordings of radio waves from the sun and all planets (including you, Pluto, no matter what they say). Track 1 is the sun, Track 2 Mercury, Track 3 Venus, and so on. Each celestial body presents a conceptual presentation of interference or ambience that contextualizes (or intentionally conflicts) with the songs on Entrovert.

Adding to this theme, Schumacher also utilized the program Metasynth, a visual synthesizer known for generating the soundtrack to the movie The Matrix. Schumacher obtained images of the planets and sun, and fed them through Metasynth to create sonic representations of each celestial body. These ominous tonal representations are layered within each track of the album.

As if that weren't enough, the songs of Ambivector are also written from a modal compositional standpoint, e.g. the song Dust Spectre is written using a C# Locrian bass ostinato, relative to the D Major key of The Pleiades (its corresponding song on Entrovert). On its own, Dust Spectre is a sparse and haunting meditation. When played in sync with The Pleiades, the Locrian riffs give way to the tonic of the rock song, and effectively replace the bass part.

Ambivector also features crucial melodies, harmonies, and lead lines performed by Schumacher on various synthesizers, which are performed to Entrovert but do not appear on that album. In essence, to get a full sense of either record, both should be heard in tandem. That said, each album is designed to be listened to discretely. Ambivector on its own is mixed to be warm, inviting, immersive, and trance-inducing, evoking ASMR and hygge experiences during standalone listens.

King's five year old son, Faizan King, performs the piano in Symbolic Interactionist.

The band would like to thank: Sobia, Faizan, Allison, Ashley, Adam, David, and Zac; all our families, friends, NASA, and the pioneers of the space rock genre who inspired us, especially Bryan St. Pere

Space rock from Kansas City.

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