WEEKS ISLAND - Droste

The Weeks Island project began in 2018 when, itching for
something during a break from his gig playing guitar for the
Grammy-winning Cajun group Lost Bayou Ramblers, Jonny
Campos ventured to his bandmate's house and recorded a series
of deep, amoebic, ambient pedal steel passages across two
afternoons. It wasn't all heavy, though: he paid that bandmate,
Kirkland Middleton, in Cane's chicken strips.
The tracks on Droste are named for bodies of water that no
longer exist, their names wiped from maps thanks to the
disintegrating shorelines of Southern Louisiana. That feeling of
impermanence hangs over this record - the tracks don't so much
begin and end as slip in and out of your consciousness. It can be
a serene passive listen or a deep one that marinates long after
the runout.
Droste originally appeared on Nouveau Electric Records, run by
another Rambler, Louis Michot, in 2020, digitally and on cassette.
DFA picked it up via an connection from LCD Soundsystem's
Korey Richey, and began a years-long process to cut the record
to vinyl, a task made difficult by the sharp pedal steel and waves
of harmonic distortion that color the music. After more than a few
tries and the addition of three brand new tracks, Bob Weston
at Chicago Mastering Service nailed it, and it was pressed
beautifully at Furnace Record Pressing in Alexandria, VA.

Vinyl release of Weeks Island - Droste. Released through DFA and available on LP.