Listen to “Stone Piece I” and purchase BODY SOUND [STONE PIECE] on limited edition cassette today: tinyurl.com/3ct8nj4h

photo by Leah Wendzinski
cover art by Jordan Reyes
cassette design by Zander Raymond

Today’s release previews the trio’s performance at the inaugural 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 & 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 in Chicago, as well as a new album by the trio coming via International Anthem in 2026.

The resultant collage is a gorgeously textural multidimensional abstraction of time and timbre, landing somewhere on the outskirts of minimalist classical, modern improvisation, ambient and pastoral music idioms.

The group reconvened later that month at International Anthem Studios, where they made analog tape loops with the recordings from Shirk, manipulating and processing them by hand, creating and capturing new layers of sound in real time.

The A side track “𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗜” is available now as a single on all digital music platforms. The piece was born of string and vocal improvisations by Johnson, Kohl, and Stewart, recorded in January of 2025 by Dave Vettraino at Shirk Studios in Chicago.

Seems like the link doesn't have the show anymore.. please try this one!
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@maciestewart.bsky.social , playing personal records in between poetry reading and improvising violin in the stairwell echo chamber of our warehouse space on Chicago’s Southside.
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📸: Shannon Marks

When the Distance is Blue EU TOUR

4 JUN | Copenhagen | Huset
6 JUN | Munich | Milla Club
7 JUN | Jena | Trafo
11 JUN | Paris | Le Dynamo
12 JUN | Brussels | AB Club
14 JUN | Antwerp | (private)
15 JUN | Eindhoven | Pom
18 JUN | Amsterdam | Occii
19 JUN | Antwerp | Trix

TIX: tinyurl.com/nhbdsb45

Gonna treasure this one. Thank you @maciestewart.bsky.social and @intlanthem.bsky.social