Moods of surreality ("I can hear the blood in my fingers / nothing tunes out / the world’s too loud")
and the release of the acclaimed sophomore album The Demonstration the following year
using her body in tandem with her voice as a weaponized vehicle for the band’s anxiety filled performance
as saxophone and cello interplay with Kelly Moran on piano
Inspired by long form ceremonial music of Tibet and other religions
Silvercoat the throng Format:Purple Vinyl LP (ltd 400) Moods of surreality ("I canNew York electronic experimentalist Nicky Mao's 4th full length, Silvercoat the throng, emerged against the backdrop of lockdown, compelled by an intuitive directive: resist the urge to fill the space. Compositionally this translated as a simmering, shadowy energy, veiled but variable, traced in a composite of strings, synthetics, rhythm, and voice. The title alludes to a poetic notion of possibility, rescued from darkness, which aptly evokes the