The Green Child is the once long-distance, now based in the same house recording project of Raven Mahon (furniture maker and former member of Grass Widow) and Mikey Young (recording engineer and band member of Total Control, Eddy Current Suppression Ring). The duo draw their spectral pop sound from an illusory past as much as they stalk into pastures new. Broadly retro-futuristic in scope, verdant acres of lushly evocative synthesizers and vintage drum machines underpin most of The Green Child’s upbeat yet decidedly uncanny songs. Raven's calmly scenic and measured vocal flits like a will-o'-the-wisp throughout the tracks, proffering a guiding hand as she walks us through the often eerie electronic concoctions. With the advent of Raven moving from California to live with Mikey in Australia, The Green Child was reborn in the basement studio of their beachy, house on stilts in the seaside town of Rye, just an hour south of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. This change of circumstances for the duo resulted in the band’s new album Shimmering Basset sounding more assured and auspicious than their self-titled debut of 2018.
2. Low Desk: High Shelf
3. Dreamcom
4. Tony Bandana
5. Health Farm
6. Witness
7. Smart Clothes
8. The Installation
9. Resurrection
10. Double Lines
Released: October 2020
Cat: UTR136
Label: Upset The Rhythm
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Tracklist
1. Fashion Light2. Low Desk: High Shelf
3. Dreamcom
4. Tony Bandana
5. Health Farm
6. Witness
7. Smart Clothes
8. The Installation
9. Resurrection
10. Double Lines