In Reverse by Melinda Bronstein

Kristen and I are ecstatic to be releasing Melinda Bronstein's In Reverse in collaboration with our friends at Objects Forever.

UK / EU fans can grip a copy of the cassette via
http://objectsforever.bandcamp.com
http://objectsforever.bandcamp.com
http://objectsforever.bandcamp.com

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Simply put, on first listen, we knew Metaphysical Powers needed to play a part in ushering Melinda's haunting autumnal masterpiece of loops and tones and drones out into the world.

Here's what our partners in crime at OF have to say about it:

In Reverse is the debut solo album from artist Melinda Bronstein; ten brooding and ethereal songs of loss and conflict, hope and love - a realignment explored through the voice in its many contours. These intimate streams of consciousness open up a crepuscular world of repetition, submerged harmonies and occasional conversation; tense in places, but with the underlying warmth of hope.

Melinda is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, photographer and filmmaker currently living in Margate. She started as keyboardist and backing singer for Americana-tinged Absentee, before shifting to the drums for grungy Wet Paint, indie-rockers Singing Adams and many other bands in between including, in recent years, as percussionist and backing singer with The Leaf Library.

Her band Sea Glass, a collaboration with Matt from The Leaf Library, was her first outing as the main vocalist and songwriter, a situation that has opened the door to an outpouring of solo recordings. In Reverse was recorded at home between March 2020 and February 2021, a year of massive shifts, it is haunted by a very human introspection, an unease manifesting in buried loops, vocal drones and cyclical lyrics.

Purely intuitive in her approach, Melinda fully immersed herself in using improvisation to explore the voice as multi-faceted instrument, the poised hum of experimentation clear throughout the album. As she says, “I approach making music without any expectation, plan or idea of what will come out. The un-knowing is the exciting part which allows me to surprise myself. I follow a thread and keep weaving. Once a piece is finished I listen back as though it did not come from me” - a reminder that expression will find its way out by any means.

Metaphysical Powers is a label founded by Kristen Gallerneaux and Bernie Brooks. We started out as a vehicle for Kristen's gnarly electronic compositions, but we release high test jams by other folks, too.

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