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Hrsta (pronounced 'hursh-tah') is Mike Moya, founding member of both Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Molasses, as well as a member of Set Fire To Flames and the Lonesome Hanks. This scintillating release does little to enlighten listeners about the mystery around the name Moya, once thought to be a wayward rail-hopping tomcat. It does, instead, compound the intrigue with layers of hypnotic drones, haunting melodies, beautiful vocals, and streams of bewildering lyrics; leaving us to wonder how long these songs and sounds have been bubbling under the surface.

A heady mixture of instrumental and vocal tracks bleeding seamlessly into each other. Sad, exotic melodies with disquieting swells of six-string mayhem, creepy outer-worldly drones, volatile clench-teeth vocals, and drums that start from nowhere than become immense before your eyes and ears; all this creating an epic swirl of dense, rotting, blissful psychedelia.