The Skull Eclipses - "Gone (ft. Open Mike Eagle)" by Western Vinyl published on 2018-02-19T19:35:15Z From the self-titled debut available March 9, 2018 on Western Vinyl Order The Skull Eclipses: Bandcamp https://theskulleclipses.bandcamp.com/album/the-skull-eclipses iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-skull-eclipses/1332828337 WV http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv144 Known respectively for their independent work as Botany and Lushlife, Spencer Stephenson and Raj Haldar selected their collaborative mantle, The Skull Eclipses, when the album became more than just a one-plus-one combination of their individual sounds. Broadly, The Skull Eclipses is a post-hip hop album that harmonizes tropes of mid 90’s electronic genres-- ambient, downtempo, jungle, & trip-hop-- under a hauntological umbrella. It is the first offering from a project that’s as much indebted to Broadcast & The Focus Group as it is to Pete Rock & CL Smooth, but obligated to neither. Up close however, the album is a peer into the shadows by two figures uncontent with blending into the tapestry of modern music, wholly committed to creating experiences over mere content, which is pouring in from all corners of a frustrated and distracted world.