Catalog number: LTD036
Release date: November 19, 2021
Format: Cassette with zine
Edition size: 75
Arriving fully formed, like a creature of unknown origin washed up on the river bank, revealed by the parting mist, Lily Tapes & Discs is proud to present Five clusters by Cla-ras. Following a 2019 split tape with Lung cycles and a handful of digital releases, this is the first full-length physical release from the project helmed by multidisciplinary artist Jeremy Ferris. Drawing inspiration from the native botany of the northeast and its slow reabsorption of industrial decay, Five clusters is a map measuring time and recollection rather than distance alone. Its sections parse like chapters of the land’s memory projected upwards, smeared and earthy, the bodily sensations of a murky late autumn excursion captured on tape. Back inside, the murmurs continue to sneak in like automatic writing through a cracked window as the blood and feeling slowly returns to our cheeks. We’re not sure where it’s coming from. Walk with us into the morning dew to search for more.
Written, performed and recorded winter and spring 2021 by Jeremy Ferris unless otherwise noted.
Mastered by M Deetz.
“Wood sorrel” contains audio from “They Remain” dir. Philip Gelatt (2018)
“Don’t be” contains additional vocals by Becci Davis, Angela Diveglia, Janaya Kizzie, Benjamin Lovell, and Emme Williamson
“Ground soaked with celestial dew” contains audio from “Willy O’Winsbury” as recorded by the Pentangle (1972)