Easy Portals, by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

Easy Portals

by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

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This is the black vinyl edition of 'Easy Portals'. Available in the UK via Cardinal Fuzz and in Australia from Ramble Records. Please note that the image is simply a mock up.

Includes unlimited streaming of Easy Portals via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Includes black vinyl editions of both 'Easy Portals' and 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times'

Includes unlimited streaming of Easy Portals via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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	1.	Your Confusion May Now Be Visible 04:51
	2.	Easy Portals Suite 17:19
	3.	Every Star Is A Grain In Heat 06:11
	4.	Their Heads Are Green 14:57

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Centripetal Force (North America), Cardinal Fuzz (UK), and Ramble Records (Australia) are excited to announce the vinyl edition of Dire Wolves’ (DWLVS) Easy Portals. The album is being presented in a 325 copy vinyl pressing and made available for preorder on October 6th. Its release date is October 27th, under the full moon.

In the autumn of 2022, the core of DWLVS got together for a recording session at Santo Studios in Oakland, CA, the same studio that birthed the three most recent DWLVS albums, Grow Towards the Light (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond), I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times (Centripetal Force), and Paradisiacal Mind (Feeding Tube / Cardinal Fuzz). Because of the pandemic and group members relocating from San Francisco’s Bay Area to points all over the globe, DWLVS hadn't played together, or even seen each other in person, since their 2019 European tour. Band organizer Jeffrey Alexander had moved to Philadelphia, drummer Sheila Bosco set off for Amsterdam, and violinist Ajrun Mendiratta had moved to the more remote confines of Northern California, leaving only bassist Brian Lucas in the immediate Bay. Like their last gathering at Santo in 2018, this 2022 session resulted in hours of rich material, the first of which is coming to light with Easy Portals.

Outside of an odd cover song or two, DWLVS’ material has always been centered on improvisation and spontaneous composition. The making of Easy Portals was certainly no exception to this practice. And while the group’s layoff was long, their penchant for meditative and intriguing long form compositions has only strengthened in the interim. Even upon initial listen, you will hear the familiar tone and timbre of DWLVS. However, on this album there is also found a darker and more progressive slant to their communal approach, possibly the result of those pandemic days. Or the current geo-political state of the world. Or both. Whatever the case, and as reflected by the artwork, Easy Portals transports DWLVS to another musical dimension.

Consistent with their practice of collaborating with other artists, DWLVS was sure to include friends new and old to the 2022 recording session. Easy Portals sees the return of Taralie Peterson (Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Tekla Peterson) on saxophone, as well as the arrival of J. Lee and Marina Lazzara (both of the San Francisco band The Rabbles, as well as Warm Spell, which also includes Brian Lucas). Lee, who plays farfisa organ and modular synth, and Lazzara, who offers voice and percussion, are a defacto Keith and Donna to the DWLVS lineup and serve as a key element in setting the tone around the sonic portals that lay before you. Enjoy the journey.

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released October 27, 2023

Cover art by Kamma Winther Kestner

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Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band) has roots in the Bay Area, Philadelphia, and points beyond. Their releases can be found on labels such as Feeding Tube, Cardinal Fuzz, and Beyond Beyond is Beyond.

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