Easy Portals, by Dire Wolves

Easy Portals

by Dire Wolves

supported by

Weirdo Shrine It’s beautifully meandering weirdo CAN-informed dream jam music, ethereal, surreal, and out of this world. It is worth your time. Favorite track: Your Confusion May Now Be Visible.

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$8 AUD or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited Edition 12" Vinyl on traditional black vinyl.

Includes unlimited streaming of Easy Portals via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

$38 AUD or more

	1.	Your Confusion May Now Be Visible 04:51
	2.	Easy Portal Suite 17:19
	3.	Every Star Is A Grain In Heat 06:11
	4.	Their Heads Are Green 14:57

about

Centripetal Force (North America), Cardinal Fuzz (UK), and Ramble Records (Australia) are excited to announce the vinyl edition of Dire Wolves’ (DWLVS) Easy Portals.

In the autumn of 2022, the core of DWLVS got together for a recording session at Santo Studios in Oakland, CA, the same studio that birthed the three most recent DWLVS albums, Grow Towards the Light (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond), I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times (Centripetal Force), and Paradisiacal Mind (Feeding Tube / Cardinal Fuzz).

Because of the pandemic and group members relocating from San Francisco’s Bay Area to points all over the globe, DWLVS hadn't played together, or even seen each other in person, since their 2019 European tour.

Band organizer Jeffrey Alexander had moved to Philadelphia, drummer Sheila Bosco set off for Amsterdam, and violinist Ajrun Mendiratta had moved to the more remote confines of Northern California, leaving only bassist Brian Lucas in the immediate Bay. Like their last gathering at Santo in 2018, this 2022 session resulted in hours of rich material, the first of which is coming to light with Easy Portals.

Outside of an odd cover song or two, DWLVS’ material has always been centered on improvisation and spontaneous composition. The making of Easy Portals was certainly no exception to this practice. And while the group’s layoff was long, their penchant for meditative and intriguing long form compositions has only strengthened in the interim. Even upon initial listen, you will hear the familiar tone and timbre of DWLVS. However, on this album there is also found a darker and more progressive slant to their communal approach, possibly the result of those pandemic days. Or the current geo-political state of the world. Or both. Whatever the case, and as reflected by the artwork, Easy Portals transports DWLVS to another musical dimension.

Consistent with their practice of collaborating with other artists, DWLVS was sure to include friends new and old to the 2022 recording session. Easy Portals sees the return of Taralie Peterson (Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Tekla Peterson) on saxophone, as well as the arrival of J. Lee and Marina Lazzara (both of the San Francisco band The Rabbles, as well as Warm Spell, which also includes Brian Lucas). Lee, who plays farfisa organ and modular synth, and Lazzara, who offers voice and percussion, are a defacto Keith and Donna to the DWLVS lineup and serve as a key element in setting the tone around the sonic portals that lay before you. Enjoy the journey

credits

released October 28, 2023

license

about

Ramble Records Melbourne, Australia

Ramble Records is an Independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia specialising in under-represented outsider music: guitar music, acid/avant folk, psych, no wave, post-punk, free / spiritual jazz, Indian classical, Middle Eastern, and avant-garde sounds from around the globe. ... more

contact / help

Contact Ramble Records

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Easy Portals, you may also like:

Golden Light
by the Man from Atlantis

supported by 11 fans who also own “Easy Portals”

A haunting and truly sensible work, made with stellar performances and partnerships! George Cristian Vilela Pereira
go to album
Transmitter: Sonic Abstractions
by A.J. Kaufmann

supported by 10 fans who also own “Easy Portals”
go to album
Just because you wander in the desert, it does not mean there is a promised land
by Waswas

supported by 10 fans who also own “Easy Portals”
go to album
Do You Fall?
by Weeed

An eclectic and progressive exploration of folk, psych, rock, and motorik from the Portland group. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 21, 2021
go to album
Headdress (20th Anniversary Remaster)
by Sunburned Hand of the Man

A 20th anniversary reissue of this foundational record from the legendary Sunburned Hand of the Man for all of your acid folk needs. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 17, 2022
go to album
What Are We Really Even Doing?
by Francie Moon

A bonafide New Jersey garage rock ripper from Francie Moon plunges fearlessly into the murky depths of psychedelia and blues. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 14, 2022
go to album
Blues for Archie Shepp
by the Man from Atlantis with Camila Nebbia and Simo Laihonen

supported by 9 fans who also own “Easy Portals”
go to album