Dustin Wong - “Toe Tore Oh”
“I see all these pedals as a kind of textile factory. The sheers and colors are determined then the patterns are laid on top, one layer after another until it becomes a fabric mille feuille. Once that cake looks done it gets replicated through another delay pedal. I can keep building these sounds on top of each other and decide whether I want to take half of the cake’s slices or not—if I do, I can gaze at the symmetrical void of what I have taken.”
-Dustin Wong on his (apparently delicious) recording process
Guitarist Dustin Wong, who honed his chops shredding with the sadly defunct Baltimore collective Ponytail, dropped his sophomore solo effort on Thrill Jockey yesterday—the rather fantastic Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads. The new record picks up where 2010’s loop-heavy Infinite Love left off, but while Love was a work of meticulous studio assemblage, Dreams trades the intricate overdubs for live takes and a more loose, off-the-cuff feel. The song that really hits me in the gut is the 6+ minute burner “Toe Tore Oh”, which spins a bubbly tie-dye web of guitar plucking until it eventually sounds like Mark McGuire jamming in a field of flowers. Catch it above and watch the clip for the similarly gorgeous “Pink Diamonds” over at FADER.
