ABUL MOGARD - In a Few Places Along the River LP Shoegaze

ABUL MOGARD - In a Few Places Along the River LP ShoegazeSoft Echoes presents the first physical edition of In a Few Places Along the River by Abul Mogard. Originally released digitally in 2022, the album now appears in its intended form, marking the labels second release. Three long pieces, composed between 2019 and 2022, emerged from Mogards meticulous experimentation with analogue and digital instruments. Slowly evolving harmonic fields of layered drones and spectral textures drift across the record.

confirms that frustration is as much a part of the Ian Curtis family as it is of the Ian Dury family

Watch out for midway through “Then The Moon” when the tune’s lilting waltz pivots into a casually blistering solo by Battalene before fading into the melancholic “Haunted Eyes” - beckoning you with a mournful sidelong glance

With lyrics sung in both Spanish and their basque fishing hometown slang their attitude comes across loud and clear

Jason had by this time experienced a special collective energy with his band during a swathe of live performances

Over the course of a year in New Mexico

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and percussion) were recorded by Ryan at his home in Alexandria (and in the case of “Before

for an extended time

pushing beyond existing paradigms into uncharted soundscapes

which landed them a job as performers at the renowned Puppetworks Theater

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