Some interesting facts about Achlys, the latest album by guitarist Jon Porras:
“Much of Achlys was composed during violet mountain storms. Living in a forested elevation high above sea level, Porras describes listening to trees sway under pressure, their movements generating both deep, low-end resonance and fragile, intricate patterns of creaks and rustles. This duality of scale—immense and minute—filters into the record’s sonic palette. On “Sea Storm,” the low end churns and pulls downward, scattering guitar fragments in its wake. “Before the Rite” swells with abrasive density and distorted harmonics—a moment of near-overwhelm held right at the edge. The sounds remain suspended, refusing to resolve.”
