Patrick Shiroishi - Descension LP " --Tom Carter

" --Tom Carter

hoons in souped-up saloons and wide-eyed

despite the members' young ages (still in college at the time)

These have a certain hint of John Renbourn's attack

Patrick Shiroishi - Descension LP " --Tom CarterPatrick Shiroishi's Descension is a beautifully elegiac and unflinchingly primal album. With richly layered solo saxophone, electronics, and voice, the album is a meditation on the legacy of a dark history and its echoing relevance in the present era. Descension is a spiritual journey that reveals Shiroishi's deeply reflective and unique musical vision. Over the past decade Shiroishi has established himself as one of the key artists in Los Angeles's