Listen@MBV: Dragon Turtle – “Almanac”

Almanac is the new long-player from the duo of Brian Lightbody and Tom Asselin (Lewis & Clarke), aka Dragon Turtle, and it’s out today on La Société Expéditionnaire. Their style has been called “ambient-winter-calypso-space-folk,” and they’re influenced not only by “post-punk, krautrock, ambient/electronic, and dark Americana,” but also by the works of John Cale, Brian Eno, Ennio Morricone, Glenn Branca, Robert Smithson, Michio Kaku, Adonis and Art Bell.

But what’s the point of reading all this long-winded description when you can just click on the player above and make up your own damn mind? So listen to it already!

And we also have a copy of the Almanac vinyl to give away– and it’s a beautiful piece of work, from the elaborate cover artwork to the lovely swirled orange and black vinyl, to (of course) the music contained therein. AND it’s limited to just 500 copies. Submitteth ye olde email:

- Ryan Catbird