Forest Floor Diptych, by Sunken Grove, The Herbalists

Forest Floor Diptych

by Sunken Grove, The Herbalists

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Headless Anchoret Reverence for the free and slowly unexpected growth of the inmost buds covered in crystallized mist. That's the sound, that's the smell. Gorgeous split.

mahrgdidj Both artists again demonstrate a mastery of mood and minimalism. Their styles are distinct yet complementary, both illuminating the subject matter through their own lens. Sunken Grove brings soft bells and soothing pads to elicit a feeling of sylvan serenity. The Herbalists employ a variety of old school synth sounds and a particular improvisational instinct to coax natural sounding melodies from fading plastic. Very immersive. Favorite track: Joined Hands at the Midnight Ritual.

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1.	Sunken Grove - Traces of a Small Stone Circle 01:32	buy track
2.	Sunken Grove - A Shimmering Mist Around the Woodland Pool 04:32	buy track
3.	Sunken Grove - The Glade Where we Fell into Silence 04:04	buy track
4.	Sunken Grove - Altar on the Wayside 03:08	buy track
5.	Sunken Grove - I Feel It Always, The Spectre of This Field 01:40	buy track
6.	Sunken Grove - Rain Falling on Sycamore Leaves 06:10	buy track
7.	Sunken Grove - Faeries Rise Before the Sun 03:37	buy track
8.	Sunken Grove - Joined Hands at the Midnight Ritual 03:02	buy track
9.	The Herbalists - Detritus Dreams 00:45	buy track
10.	The Herbalists - What Has the Wood-ear Heard? 04:05	buy track
11.	The Herbalists - Roadseams Ashimmer 02:40	buy track
12.	The Herbalists - This One Asks me to Claw the Ground Where it Grows 02:42	buy track
13.	The Herbalists - To Whom does She speak when She Plucks a Sprig? 03:15	buy track
14.	The Herbalists - Harvest Song 03:06	buy track
15.	The Herbalists - Tired Bard Transcendence 03:56	buy track
16.	The Herbalists - The Moon will guide us if She knows we are there 02:04	buy track
17.	The Herbalists - The Magnificent Night-Blooming Lavendris 02:40	buy track
18.	The Herbalists - Adrift by Touch Alone 01:45	buy track

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It is impossible to be thoroughly steeped in a forest, to have spent hours at a time over the course of years, and not sometimes bring a bit of it home with you every time you leave. Even if one only allows oneself to be caught up in the mundane (and really, where's the fun in that?), it doesn't take long before dancing at the edges of your vision start giving flight to elaborate fantasies involving old ways of acknowledging older gods. The Herbalists have born witness to the fearsome strength of nature incarnate and its protectors. Sunken Grove has wandered deep into the forest in search of solitude and found that one is never truly alone in the woods.

On FOREST FLOOR DIPTYCH, the two artists utilize their arsenal of low-fi keyboards to invoke and consider the deepest mysteries of these cool, mossy places, and the ecosystems of flesh and spirit therein, for which we yet have no name. Naive synthesized music offered in hazy reverence, bonded with rock-lichen, as your pulse quickens.

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released December 1, 2021

Tracks 1-8 Written and Performed by Sunken Grove
Tracks 9-18 Written and Performed by The Herbalists

Artwork by Sunken Grove and The Herbalists

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Naive, nostalgic dungeon synth inspired by tabletop RPGs and 16 bit JRPG soundtracks. All music composed by Adam Matlock except split tracks.
Contact: mystaltree@gmail.com

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