Ignatz
I Hate This City
Devens finds a perfect way to use the lo-fi recording and purposeful imperfections in order to sound direct. An album with the mysterious quality that serves it so well, and while Devens songwriting isnt that of a mediocre modern-day bluesman, its the sum of its parts that makes this noteworthy. This albums a curious document, music that touches the past and the present, but doesnt move between the two in the expected arc. Instead, Devens stops to pick things up along the way, and purposefully drags the whole mess through the mud on more than one occasion. With many artists, such an aesthetic might feel put on, but in Ignatzs case it seems an appropriate addition to his Belgian blues. - Dusted magazine - "Space folk drone, a blend of buzzing lo-fi murk, and Folkways style folk guitar. Fahey meets Uton, or James Blackshaw recording with Starving Weirdos, a stumbling buzz infused sprawl as spacious as it is clattery and chaotic. Beneath the drone and ambience there is always a blues element to Ignatz..." - Aquarius - Limited Lp pressing of 500 copies