After nearly three years of composing, rehearsing, building, and preparing, Bellowing Sun by Mind Over Mirrors will be released into the world this Friday and will also receive its live premiere at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. In anticipation, Uproxx has premiered a new video for “Matchstick Grip,” filmed by Julia Dratel at MCA Chicago and featuring extensive footage of the band performing beneath the zoetrope that was conceived and built in tandem with the writing and arranging of the music. Of the video, bandleader Jaime Fennelly says: “Creating Bellowing Sun began in April 2015, and this collaged video is cut from a development residency in the MCA Chicago theater last December. I was given unrestricted access to their theater for a total of four weeks over the last year and it’s because I had that time, space & support, I was able to make this work which thematically is so focused on observation of nature as a key characteristic of the human experience. You make an action, you stop, you watch, you wonder, and you watch some more before, maybe, you make another action. That’s been an integral approach to making Bellowing Sun, and I hope that translates into a powerful experience for audiences of the performances and listeners of the album.”
The initial run of two performances of Bellowing Sun have sold out, and a 3rd performance has been added at 10 pm CST on Friday, April 6th. Tickets are available HERE. Mind Over Mirrors, the quartet of Fennelly, percussionist and vocalist Janet Bean (Eleventh Dream Day, Freakwater), violinist Jim Becker (Califone), and percussionist Jon Mueller, will play Bellowing Sun in its entirety at each performance.
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“In composing Bellowing Sun, Fennelly focused on rhythm more than ever. On “Matchstick Grip” that tactic pays continual dividends, injecting blood into his oxygen-rich music.” – NPR Music on “Matchstick Grip”
“8/10. An extended kosmische treat… rhapsodic. Two generations of experimental Chicago converge in this album of shimmering long-form grooves.” – John Robinson, Uncut
“An atmospheric groove that somehow sounds both intergalactic and medieval. Pulsating strings, shifting drum beats, and a harmonium play about the synth soundscape. The song beams and flickers, inspired by the growing impact of artificial light on living beings.” – Stereogum on “Zeitgebers”
“”Bellowing Sun manages to touch on fascinating iterations of drone music, presenting a wildly diverse landscape of tracks that are both individualistic and work in lock-step to present a cohesive whole.” – Noisey
Watch a video interview with Fennelly produced by MCA Chicago:
Mind Over Mirrors – “Vermillion Pink”:
Mind Over Mirrors – “Matchstick Grip”:
Mind over Mirrors – “Zeitgebers”:
Use coupon code SUN during checkout for 20% off Mind Over Mirrors‘ previous album Undying Color.
