Dave Harrington has been on a collaborative streak these past few years—even beyond the revival of Darkside, the neo-psych duo that initially put his name on the musical map. Following a number of avant-garde jazz, free-improv, post-rock, and otherwise ambient one-off releases with a revolving list of peers this past half-decade or so after establishing the more formally established Dave Harrington Group, his latest record sees him teaming up with ambient composer Kalia Vandever for a collection of spiritually guided guitar and trombone jams. Recorded with Spencer Zahn during a rare rainy stretch in LA, Evergreen largely matches the somber, reflective mood of the weather outside of the studio.
Before the record drops this Friday via Sudden Quarterly, the duo is sharing one final single in the form of the improv cut “Framed Glass Vase” in which Harrington’s free-form guitar drone lays the foundation for Vandever’s contemplative brass. "Framed Glass Vase is a place to land, an opening, a vast landscape,” Vandever shares of the cut. “It differs from other songs on the record because we stripped down our sound worlds and improvised with the intention of recording a song start to finish.”
Check out the video for the track below, which was filmed by Zahn, and pre-order the record here ahead of its November 13 release.
