Skunk by Well Yells
“...Well Yells distills the gothic-leaning edges of ’80s British post-punk... his work is not about mimicry, but about capturing the hypnotic atmosphere that makes the best post-punk feel like a whole world to enter.” - Marc Masters, Hi Bias/Bandcamp Daily
“...crawling, despondent postgoth and slowcore that sounds like it's coming from a captive who's given up on ever escaping from the bottom of Buffalo Bill's pit in The Silence of the Lambs. Creepy! Fans of trenchcoat fare such as Black Tape for a Blue Girl and Clan of Xymox should dig the gloomy, synthetic atmospheres on Well Yells' new tape, Skunk, with their drifting synths, brittle guitars, tick-tocking drum machine, and remote, morose vocals.” - Gossip Wolf/Chicago Reader
“...vocals are even more cloaked, choruses less immediately obvious, settings turned thicker and heavier... as if Skunk is now less that sound of what goes into the well than what’s managed to escape its gravitational pull.” - Ian Mathers, Dusted Magazine
Tracklist
| 1. | Crawl | 3:37 |
| 2. | Skunk | 5:31 |
| 3. | Near | 5:00 |
| 4. | Anniversary | 3:48 |
| 5. | Light | 2:32 |
| 6. | Shadows | 3:32 |
| 7. | Inanna | 9:31 |
| 8. | Surface | 2:07 |
Credits
Written, performed, recorded, mixed, vocals, synths, guitar, drum machine programming, and design by Patrick Holbrook ©2018 all rights reserved.
Cover skunk photo by Saguaro National Park
American hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus)
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Photo was cropped, desaturated, tone adjusted, and some minor visual elements were erased.
