SON OF EARTH - "Pet" LPSon of Earth Pet LP (Apostasy, 2007) "Son of Earth began life in early 2000 as Son of Earth Flesh on Bone Trio. Aaron Rosenblum, Matt Krefting and John Shaw, inspired by many spirited late night experimenting sessions, began to play out using wild arrays of sound making devices. As the years have gone on, the group has chiseled away at the number of instruments used and brought their once maximalist and varied sound creation down to a whisper, a

used traditionally in healing ceremonies

alto and tenor sax

but these five were still standing

Buckler split with math-rock progenitors Slint to search for a simpler groove

If you can imagine a lo-fi United States of America/Jefferson Airplane hybrid

2004 LP + DVD (Twenty One Eighty Two

Taylor Martin

and their family life in rural Tagårp

a (home-made) glass harmonium

infusing the spiritual meditation music with his own brand of loop hypnosis

Their 2020 Blossomslookdownuponus LP is a snapshot of Wombo’s wide-ranging aspirations that careen across avant pop

slowly-shifting textural drone