Everything Is Simple by Zelienople

Your vision tunnels; your hair stands on end. Your worst fear, the most horrible entity imaginable, the one thing that God specifically created to destroy you. Up until the point you collapse in hysterical immobility, passersby didn’t even notice the target of your horror, and now their primary concern regards charting a path around your slumped body. This moment of private fright permeates the dark, smoky soundscapes of Everything Is Simple by Zelienople, an understated, jazzy, spacy drone rock album laden with the most haunted flavor of psychedelic Americana. A distinctive, open sonic space imbues every sound with an extreme sense of location and precision, detaching each instrument from the others and filling the vast gulf between with the occasional digital noise or synth pad. On the margins, loose drum and woodwind patterns eerily meander without entering the center, feeling more uncomfortable the more we pay attention while leaving the unknowing passerby with a sense that nothing is out of the ordinary.