Southern's info:

Elixirs transcends any musical antecedents that Guapo have been acknowledged for in the past. Instead, the music here explores the outer-most regions of psychedelic composition. Flickers of Popol Vuh, This Heat, Magma, Third Ear Band, Moondog and early 70's Miles Davis are present here as over-arching themes are morphed and mined through serpentine asymmetrical structures.

Chiming rounds and canons swim through a sapphirine ocean of polyrhythmic mantra. All sullenly overcast with compositions so mercurial, the paths you can take are infinite. The dense orchestration and finespun virtuosity (seamlessly captured by engineer / producer Antti Uusimaki) create a richness previously hinted at but never fully realized until now. Vocal contributions from Swans chanteuse Jarboe and O'Sullivan's long-time friend and cohort Alexander Tucker, illuminate the "Twisted Stems" suite into a realm of composition previously unexplored by the band.

On Elixirs Guapo have opened a secret vault of treasures where jewels of sulphurous green and ashen blue blossom dwell. Where springs of fire feverishly burst through a vista of golden chrysoberyls.

Let the ceremony commence.

Southern's info:

Elixirs transcends any musical antecedents that Guapo have been acknowledged for in the past. Instead, the music here explores the outer-most regions of psychedelic composition. Flickers of Popol Vuh, This Heat, Magma, Third Ear Band, Moondog and early 70's Miles Davis are present here as over-arching themes are morphed and mined through serpentine asymmetrical structures.

Chiming rounds and canons swim through a sapphirine ocean of polyrhythmic mantra. All sullenly overcast with compositions so mercurial, the paths you can take are infinite. The dense orchestration and finespun virtuosity (seamlessly captured by engineer / producer Antti Uusimaki) create a richness previously hinted at but never fully realized until now. Vocal contributions from Swans chanteuse Jarboe and O'Sullivan's long-time friend and cohort Alexander Tucker, illuminate the "Twisted Stems" suite into a realm of composition previously unexplored by the band.

On Elixirs Guapo have opened a secret vault of treasures where jewels of sulphurous green and ashen blue blossom dwell. Where springs of fire feverishly burst through a vista of golden chrysoberyls.

Let the ceremony commence.