Outer Mongolia, by Jacob Nico

Outer Mongolia

by Jacob Nico

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1.	Squalor 2: Squalorer (Swansong) 03:29	buy track
2.	Gemini (Whatever Happened to You?) 06:34	buy track
3.	Transference 12:20	buy track
4.	Further, Surveiller 04:39	buy track
5.	No More Heavy Skies 04:46	buy track
6.	Mask Maker 05:55	buy track
7.	Where the Trees Spit Stars 04:57	buy track
8.	In the Remains of the Day 06:46	buy track

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Recorded by Jacob Nico in three distinct periods of total alienation between February 2017 and May 2018, Outer Mongolia is a deep-dive into isolation in all its forms, taking the lonely experiences of the individual and expanding it to echo the madness of the ultra-individualist world today. Guitars roil alongside feedback loops and a wide variety of additional instrumentation to form constantly writhing and shifting landscapes, over which towers of terrified vocals recount a series of vignettes. Finding a friend crying outside a late-night pharmacy in Toulouse, sitting half-cut in the sink, getting lost in the windy countryside. These mundane moments are put alongside grander exclamations of self-destruction and apocalyptic visions, showing how massive every moment of life can feel. These are colossal days, and this is a colossal record to match. Yet for all of this, there is another voice alongside Jacob for much of the album – his sister – showing that no matter how bad things seem, there is always someone else alongside us, and we can always pull through. A beguiling mix of terror and hope, Outer Mongolia doesn’t just sound like a force of nature, but like the best ambient music it sounds like the creation of an entirely new world.

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released July 6, 2018

All tracks written, performed and recorded by Jacob Nico.
Additional vocals: Angharad Nico
Artwork: Jacob Nico
Mastering: Kris Ilic

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