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Nick Podgurski re-manifests Feast of the Epiphany transformed as strange new wave prog. Solo on the recording, Podgurski has made an EP as much art rock as it is post-punk. Traces of Peter Gabriel, 80's King Crimson, Wire, late Roxy Music, and Peter Hammill fill the two song installment; feeling at once both familiar and mysterious. The transference of 2019 album Practicing Loss' harsh and intense energies into this liminal space begets a strange mellower beauty. Shifting into a new phase of development the stage is set for what is to come.
"Liminal Space is an inner state and sometimes an outer situation where we can begin to think and act in new ways. It is where we are betwixt and between, having left one room or stage of life but not yet entered the next...
...In liminal space we sometimes need to not-do and not-perform according to our usual successful patterns. We actually need to fail abruptly and deliberately falter to understand other dimensions of life. We need to be silent instead of speaking, experience emptiness instead of fullness, anonymity instead of persona, and pennilessness instead of plenty. In liminal space, we descend and intentionally do not come back out or up immediately. It takes time but this experience can help us reenter the world with freedom and new, creative approaches to life."
- Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM
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released October 18, 2021
Feast of the Epiphany 'Becoming Between' EP
Nick Podgurski - guitar, bass, vocals, DX, 606
Recorded 2020
Mixed by Kevin Bernsten
Mastered by Jack Callahan
supported by 6 fans who also own “Becoming Between”
Do yourself a favor and sit down, close your eyes and listen to this beautiful piece of ambient soundscapes. I was completely absorbed in the sound waves and in meditation, both dark and bright. Trine Lykke
supported by 6 fans who also own “Becoming Between”
Brilliant union of early music and rock. Strong Cardiacs vibes. I find a lot of chamber rock to be meandering and aimlessly angular. However this stuff is different, the compositions are extremely tight and diverse. The instrumentation is sparse and rickety, but has these brilliant flashes of grandiose orchestration, it's very balanced. I don't think I've heard a more successful integration of early music into modern forms before. Absolutely a modern masterpiece of progressive "weird" music. impressivelad