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cassette
HV1
edition of 22
(11x polycase, 6x large plastic library case, 3x smokey Norelco, 2x oversized Norelco w/ green tea infuser anti-cassette)

2x CD-R
edition of 30

What's old is new again. After unceremoniously dismantling the Hooker Vision empire in 2014, Rachel and Grant Evans continued their near-obsessive mission of creating homespun sounds and visuals, the likes of which began leaking out into the world in that heady spring of 2008 when the label first began. Now, 13 years after the first Hooker Vision release, in the final months of 2021, the duo have rebooted the label. Much like the earliest Hooker Vision releases, this cassette is released in an impossibly limited run of 22 home-dubbed cassettes featuring the type of collage work often associated with the halcyon days of the label. With no direction in mind, we find the couple in yet another transitional period: seeking yet relaxed, inquisitive but comfortable.

Following the organic dissolution of the Modern Lamps collective in 2010, the band seemed destined to remain a side note to the early days of the Hooker Vision label. After a decade of dormancy, the project returns (on this outing as a solo vehicle for co-founder and multi-instrumentalist Grant Evans) with a 45-minute missive of cosmic transcendence. Beginning with a nod to "Interstellar Space", the piece opens with the solitary ringing of sleighbells. From there, the listener is sent on a hypnotic journey, carried by winds of synth, guitar, strummed piano, and percussion.

In contrast to the mercurial shapeshifting of her husband, Rachel Evans has remained steadfastly consistent with her solo project, Motion Sickness of Time Travel, since 2009. The past year, however, has seen Rachel looking back to her roots in songwriting, even going so far as to record new versions of songs she wrote in her late teens. While most well-known for her long-form drones, Motion Sickness of Time Travel set itself apart from similar acts by utilizing Rachel's unmistakable vocals and her keen ear for songcraft. We now find Rachel searching for a way to combine her confessional songwriting with her otherworldly synth work.

This release is moving in two directions at the same time: looking toward the future while reimagining the past.