I Will Not Die, by People Skills

I Will Not Die

by People Skills

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	1.	A1 Blue Dusk 03:58
	2.	A2 The Soul Of The Hotel Thief I Long To Be 04:28
	3.	A3 Chipping Away at Here's Laughter 04:18
	4.	A4 Concept Is The Brick 04:10
	5.	B1 Uncredentialed 05:52
	6.	B2 Fleeting Apparition 06:16
	7.	B3 Cheval the Mailman 04:38

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Via the Swedish connection, Philadelphia PA's Jesse Dewlow reached digital tendrils down under in anticipation of an Australian and New Zealand tour and came into contact with Altered States.

Troth were fortunate enough to join Jesse and S. Glass for their Melbourne date Sunday just gone and their tour currently continues, venturing through locales both known and decidedly unknown (to me at least). We wish them the best of luck.

'I Will Not Die' is another eerie missive in a canon already haunted with ample amorphous 'geists. Dewlow has established a potent figure in over a decade of releases as People Skills on labels such as Siltbreeze, Blackest Ever Black, Kashual Plastik, I Dischi Del Barone and, most recently, Digital Regress. Quite the CV.

The hauntological sense is strong in these works, but in no way lacking character for their subtlety. There are clearly defined anatomies of songs buried midst the fug.

Seeing People Skills in a live context really gave me another layer of appreciation for what Dewlow does. He need not rely on tricks of overdubbing and recording to tape-machine to achieve his supernatural murk, but is able to conjure his confounding spells right before the eyes. A true master of an otherworldly craft.

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released October 17, 2023

Photograph from the Alfred P. Sebastian Archives 1969-1995
All songs performed, recorded and mixed by Jesse Dewlow early 2023 in the Pine Barrens

a3 originally released on Kashual Plastik's Accidental Journey
compilation July 2023

Layout and Design by Cooper Bowman & Jesse Dewlow

Published by Altered States Tapes for a run of People Skills
performances in Australia and New Zealand October 2023

edition of 69 cassettes

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