Rural Deceased Undiscovered

Description

California composer Phil Geraldi’s vinyl debut both refines and refracts his signature
muse of interstitial Americana across 11 melted glass mosaics of processed guitar,
decayed radio glow, and Harmonia synth horizons: Rural Deceased Undiscovered. He
describes his vision for the pieces as “multilinear,” rearranging classic radio songbook
elements like hooks, choruses, and emotional cues into unfamiliar topographies of
“alien country.”
Shards of acoustic guitar and pedal steel flicker in long shadows of amplifier hum and
airwave static, like the scrambled broadcast of some heartland station along a desert
highway. It’s music both rustic and placeless, warped by weather and technology,
shimmering like northern lights over the badlands.