Desert Liminal

Desert Liminal is an experimental pop trio and fixture in the deep field of Chicago D.I.Y. Their unique sound combines elements of melodic dream pop, shoegaze, and noise. Low-end vintage synthesizer is filtered through a distortion array and layered, forming warm, looping walls of sound that wash over driving post-punk drums and poignant violin.

A first listen of Glass Fate, the group's first release on Whited Sepulchre Records, reveals a band with an astute ear for creating warm, engaging art-pop that entwines Quillin’s eliding delivery around smart hooks and introspective, bordering on melancholy, melodies. The further these songs move from the source they begin slipping into headier terrain creating neck-craning audio fields of droning violins and looped voice that recall Tony Conrad at his most accessible and Haley Fohr’s experimentations with voice and breath. These sounds cohabitate in the liminal space where meaning and reference slowly fade into Jungian archetype and back again through the trio’s strong grasp on solid, reality-affirming songwriting.