Cheval Sombre

***Cheval Sombre is the project of New York–based musician Christopher Porpora. On this release he produces three tracks of hazy, effevescent beauty. On the 7" spread over both sides is 'I Sleep', a hymn of love lost recalling 'Perfect Prescription'-era Spacemen 3, but filtered through that Galaxie 500 summer-sun-space-reverb - all shimmer and throb, oscillating into the ether. The strings languidly build over a gently plucked guitar while all spreads out lazily, like sonic ripples. On the additional CD is the full version of 'I Sleep' along with two exclusive tracks featuring very special collaborators. Sonic Boom, once of the aforementioned Spacemen 3, is on production duty for 'Strangest Thought' and the track bears his unique stamp sounding like a Delta blues broadcast from outer space, twisting & reversed in shimmering air - musical narcotics that flow and drift you right off. Britta Philips, once of Luna and currently of Dean & Britta, provides a remix of 'Troubled Mind' which creates a bleary cloudy atmosphere which is brilliantly broken and carries along with a languid bluesy swagger. Absolutely, perfectly gorgeous.