(written by Islander)
I’m writing this on Friday morning. My spouse and I are about to begin the long trek from where we live to Sea-Tac airport. From there we’ll fly to Walla Wall in eastern Washington to spend a long weekend with two other couples who are a lot of fun to hang out with. And hanging out is what we’ll be doing, along with going on winery tours, dining in the town’s excellent eateries, and doing our best to forget all the fresh hells that are besetting the world.
I do not plan to spend time putting together either the usual SEEN AND HEARD roundup for Saturday or the usual Sunday SHADES OF BLACK column. I know myself well enough that I’ll probably get anxious about leaving a two-day void at the site, and so there’s a chance I’ll scramble something together at some point, but don’t bet on it.
I’ll be back in action here on Monday morning for sure, or as sure as anyone can be about air travel these days. In the meantime, here’s a mysterious video for a scary, heart-aching, and bone-throbbing new song by Erdve that I enjoyed this past week.
“Nyra” is from Erdve’s new album EPIGRAMA, which will be out on May 29th via Season of Mist.
https://orcd.co/erdveepigrama
https://erdvesom.bandcamp.com/album/epigrama
https://www.facebook.com/erdvelt