Sleeping Giant Glossolalia presents the December 15th release of the new, self-titled album from Ecology: HomeStones.
Stream the album's first track, "Perfect Francis," and pre-order the cassette, here: https://sleepinggiantglossolalia.bandcamp.com/album/ecology-homestones-s-t
First surfacing online in 2020, Ecology: HomeStones is a mysterious audio-visual project, allegedly created by The FPPC, an organization whose sole known member is Philadelphia-based sculptor and video director, Dylan Pecora.
On the strength of a series of short, mesmerizing video clips, depicting an alternate world of pulsating flesh entities, strange fluids, and shadowy characters, set to a soundtrack of caustic noise, Ecology: HomeStones has amassed almost 500,000 TikTok followers and 100,000 Instagram followers since its inception.
Confounding, grotesque, and hilarious, Ecology: HomeStones' short videos suggest an elaborate order of arcane processes and corporeal obsessions, calling to mind the works of Matthew Barney and David Lynch, among others. (Those familiar with Pecora's work will see the artist’s fingerprints all over this; their credits include helping create props and puppets for Saturday Night Live and Mystery Science Theater 3000, and birthing wonderfully surreal music videos for artists such as Merzbow.)
An official statement reads: "Ecology: HomeStones is a cartoon-industrial noise project following the dramatization of past and future events concerning the mutilation of eight carrot farmers, all coincidentally named Robert. The organization behind this fantasy, The FPPC, is on a mission to provide you with the information you need for a fast and enjoyable recovery."
Beyond the realm of social media, Ecology: HomeStones has been brought to the live stage in recent months at shows around the Northeast. Sleeping Giant Glossolalia label founder Michael Reisinger states: "Their live shows are memorable to say the least, with animatronic puppets flanking them, really creating an atmosphere. The visuals really lend themselves to the crunchy, rhythmic, somehow narrative, noise explorations."
Amongst the project's thousands of bewildered and bemused fans is Ethel Cain, who included an Ecology: HomeStones track in this recent playlist for Interview Magazine: https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/listen-to-ethel-cains-playlist-of-melancholic-bangers
As evidenced by "Perfect Francis" and the other tracks on the new self-titled album, Ecology: HomeStones carries megatons of ominous weight, even when the audio is separated from the fascinating visuals. The tracks pulse and squelch gloriously – collages of bizarre voices, gentle tones, hypnotic rhythms, soaring melodies, and distorted mayhem, structured for maximum impact. A perplexing work that is also quite enjoyable, Ecology: HomeStones' self-titled album will delight those already in tune with this project, but also stands alone, out of context, as a compelling slab of anthemic, industrial-strength noise.
Based in Brooklyn, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia's formidable catalog of heavy, avant sounds includes releases by Oxbow & Peter Brötzmann, Mick Barr, Ava Mendoza, Arelseum (feat. Colin Marston), Nastie Band (feat. Roddy Bottum), Shit and Shine, Couch Slut, and more.
Tracklist:
1) Perfect Francis
2) Mint Julep III
3) Mothername
4) Innumerable Crawling Misfortunes of Birthday
5) Flower
6) Ecology Brimstones
7) Kindling for the Fuck Fire
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