Onrays by Formant

Onrays, the debut recording of Formant (Austin Larkin & Henry Birdsey) presents itself as eight meditations on violin and pedal steel guitar.

"At distal—nigh the lattice-spire—
soldered –cilia by cilia– punctum
–taut to atom's-width breadth–
wrest slow void of wry fire

After corporas' sublate—gossamer shrill,
pyrrhic, glossed, inflammable, mute,
defleshed, inaspirant, yet
apposite the breath's recital—

Phase emit –dry, loath to kindle–
Ill-timbred by endured oblation
—Arcing dull ash inward
past the limpid ashes' shrine"

-Troy Schiefelbein