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Separation Anxiety

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All proceeds go to support the National Independent Venues Association Emergency Relief Fund.


"Empathogen is a product of the pandemic, from its founding to its execution, and one that thrived due to its limitations. Drawing together members of Chicago's weird and heavy underground scene (including Snow Burial, Sons of Ra, Without Waves, Polarizer, Uncouth, and Tides Cult) and capping it off with session drums from Failure drummer Kellii Scott, it's an entirely remote creation built without even much in the way of conscious coherence. Their first single "Separation Anxiety" was written by each member adding in their own part without knowing what else was to come. This looser approach bypasses a lot of the challenges more structured projects face, though it does place a lot of faith in the contributors—fortunately, the result is a killer slice of brooding Chicago rock that defies further classification.

The multi-layered nature of the song isn't surprising, given its genesis, but the whirling tiers of guitar, bass, keys, and noise all interlace rather gracefully, lashed together by a hypnotic and repetitive rhythm. It's a wistful song, dwelling on might-have-beens rather than any present misery, but it's also bolstered by intermittent threads of hope (and novel uses of guitar harmonics that I could have sworn was a cowbell)." Invisible Oranges

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released April 2, 2021
Erik Oldman: Guitar
Karl Grzeszczak: Guitar
Anthony Cwan: Baritone Guitar
Ian Palmer: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Synth
Ben Bowman: Synth
Kellii Scott: Drums

Drums recorded by Gabe Vanbenschoten, Akira Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed and Mastered by Spenser Morris, Chicago, IL

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Empathogen creates a dark, melodramatic, and layered sonic fabric to wrap ourselves in during uncertain times.

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