– featured image courtesy of the artist –
alexander shields has finished a new album under his a grave with no name moniker, wooden mask, due out august 12th via minneapolis imprint forged artifacts. the album’s first single, “wedding dress,” accompanied its initial announcement and burned slowly, weaving haunting stabs of dissonant guitar through a steadfast andante tempo; now, shields has offered up another cut entitled “house,” and it’s equally eerie, with a mournful, more pronounced lead vocal sitting at the helm of an ambient wash of clean guitars and spacious percussion. take a listen below.