Mercurial Horizon

Packaged inside a full-color, 6-panel digipack featuring Shoemaker’s beautiful photography. Previously unheard brilliance from the late Matt Shoemaker
Work on “Mercurial Horizon” was largely completed during an incredibly fruitful period from 2008-2012, during which Shoemaker produced albums for The Helen Scarsdale Agency, Ferns Recordings, Mystery Sea, and Elevator Bath. He went on to finalize the material which would become “Mercurial Horizon” in 2015
Though unreleased until some five years after completion, “Mercurial Horizon” is undeniably a fully-formed declaration; a meticulously crafted display of layered grotesqueries, as elegant as it is disturbing. This is classic Shoemaker at his most mesmeric: elongated metallic resonances, metamorphosed field recordings, expertly harnessed modular electronics… These elements may seem familiar, but Shoemaker’s strange magic lay in his ability to imbue these disparate pieces with a kind of natural tension, fusing them into a seamless puzzle. The results are both startling and beautiful, and always with a tangible sense of unease