Heat Leisure, “III/IV”

The first two installments from Heat Leisure, the ongoing trance-rock collaboration involving Pontiak’s three Carney brothers, Guardian Alien percussionist Greg Fox and Beach House guitarist Steve Strohmeier, were filmed outdoors in the bucolic horse pastures of the Carneys’ idyllic Virginia farm. III and IV, on the other hand...

heat-leisure-iii-ivThe first two installments from Heat Leisure, the ongoing trance-rock collaboration involving Pontiak’s three Carney brothers, Guardian Alien percussionist Greg Fox and Beach House guitarist Steve Strohmeier, were filmed outdoors in the bucolic horse pastures of the Carneys’ idyllic Virginia farm. III and IV, on the other hand, were recorded in the nocturnal recesses of Pontiak’s studio, which lends this heavy trance music a ritualistic sweat-lodge vibe — the throbbing tom-toms! The space guitar! The wails! — over most of its surprisingly brief 27 minutes. Read more at WonderingSound.com …