Being one of today’s groups that can blend Americana music with synthy kosmische electronics in a way that is wholly unique and peerless, it’s always especially exciting when we get word that a new Tacoma Park album is on the way. The advanced evolution of their sound and the deeply insatiable grooves of their next LP, Baltimore, is deserving of some major hype and anticipation. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ve just got to hear this one!

Available for preorder today through Centripetal Force, Baltimore finds the North Carolina-based duo expanding their sonic horizons, with a bigger sound that morphs and shifts from track to track, full of intense peaks and valleys of energy and volume. Some cuts pulse with a lively tempo, while others are more spacey and languid. With much of the album being formed by the duo heavily trimming and editing some sprawling improvised jams down into concise and tight pieces, the music here feels carefully crafted with intention, all without losing the wildness and unpredictability that defines Tacoma Park’s entire vibe.

A great example of this is the pedal steel and synth epic that is “Untied.” With its gradually building waves of electronic drones and pulsations, driving beats and howling Pink Floyd-like electric guitar, it feels like a compact and fully-fleshed out composition that could have easily been deliberately made to score a film. Check it out for yourself:

For a fine mix of organic Americana sounds melding with chromatic cosmic electronics, order this album ahead of its April 24th release date here.

While we’re speaking of Centripetal Force, I should mention that the second volume of the excellent The Perilous Fight benefit album was also released today.

Co-developed by Seawind of Battery, Volume 2, subtitled We The People, will donate all of its proceeds to the Minnesota-based Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Featuring the likes of Emergency Group, Jon Camp, Eve Maret, Barry Walker JR, The Royal Arctic Institute, Dark Leaves, and several other RCU favorites, I cannot recommend it enough. Please consider picking this up from Bandcamp today and help this very worthy cause.

-KH