Transient by Lake Daggers

released August 12, 2014

Written & Produced by Wyatt Montgomery Worcel

Electric guitar, synthesizers, drum machine, tom-toms, congas, bongos and auxiliary percussion by Wyatt Montgomery Worcel

Recorded by Wyatt Montgomery Worcel during the winter of 2013-2014 at The Blue Bush in Bloomington, IN.

Mastered by James Plotkin

Released by Golden Cloud Tapes on Ltd. Cassette

Press:
Tiny Mix Tapes:
"Only one side in and I’ve already got the old typewriter out and my fingers are flying next to my spirit being, miles high, bobbing along a drifty hypno-trick by Lake Daggers, who is Wyatt Montgomery Worcel. That’s the first time I’ve ever read that name or typed it down, and it looks like he’s only got one other thing available so far (a forthcoming split?), so if it’s new to me, maybe it’s new to you too? What’s not totally new to me is hearing another noise-guy answering the call of the tasty-beat-maker draught the hip-hop scene may or may not be struggling with (I guess I can’t really say for certain, alls I know is that I’m not really listening to the modern hip-hop scene, but I very much am getting my beat-kicks out on these weird-ass cassette tapes). Don’t mean to pin Worcel here down with that “noise-guy” platitude either, but I hear it with the TERRODOME guys, Charlatan to an extent, Paw Paw, Potions out in Chicago… artists seemingly looking for (and finding) new ways to get your head-nod on that start with a mesmeric ambient cradle of buzzy background synths or droning drawls of guitar strings, and lets the grooves carve their way in nice and easy. In the case of Transient here, Worcel’s version of this fuzes a buzzing, ever-present radiance of ecstatic color with a nice array of percussive textures built into balanced grooves. With silvery guitar melodies that swirl like liquid mercury driving it along, it’s the kind of thing that at times makes perfect sense as a strait zoner, at others pure dance-floor fodder, and very often it’s both at the same time (this tape’s real sweet spot). A prime cut of meditation meat to chew on."

AdHoc Who Has Tapes Anymore? #17:
"This 11th release of Golden Cloud Tapes is a 13-track C32 bursting with dreamy vignettes from Wyatt Mongomery Worcel. Each track is a funky but chilled out loop, ranging from shoegaze-vibes to middle-eastern drones. It manages to be dark & introspective yet wonderfully uplifting. There is nothing fancy or ostentatious about the approach. It manages to be very minimal with just a couple drums and a couple textures overtop. Man, does it do the trick though!"

Decoder River Night Video Premiere:
"One of the recent outings to cement Golden Tapes’ roving but singular, alluring mystique is Transient, a C-32 by Bloomington resident Wyatt Montgomery Worcel as Lake Daggers. “River Night,” one of the more seductively minimal tracks from Lake Daggers’ debut. Playing out like an early Zomes demo and supported by a Spartanic skeleton of what seems to be a stick hitting an empty paint can, the track vibes hard on its harrowing beauty, meandering through mix of guitar and found objects. Using archival footage from old documentaries editing together by Worcel himself, the track’s video is a sedated trek through natural but “otherworldly,” underwater scenes, perfectly accompanying the alien but altogether familiar demeanor of “River Night."

No Fear of Pop In The Evergreens Video Premiere:
"Sit back and take a good hit of “In the Evergreens”, a music video we’re pleased to premiere off the debut Transient from Lake Daggers. It’s organic loopy psych drone and accompanying imagery is indicative of the Midwest, evident by labelmates, most notably longtime NFOP favorite Orchard Thief. Lake Daggers is Bloomington, Indiana, resident Wyatt Montgomery Worcel, and Transient, described by the label as “audio-snapshots”, is out now on Madison, Wisconsin’s Golden Cloud Tapes. It features subtle and lush textural layering, ideal for getting lost in the woods on a humid day. If you dare look up, here’s to hoping you don’t get lost in the maze that is the light shining through the leaves."