New Spells, by Ava Mendoza

New Spells

by Ava Mendoza

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biscuitgecko What a player. What a tone. Makes my want to play. Favorite track: New Ghosts.

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	1.	Sun Gun 05:55
	2.	New Ghosts 09:40
	3.	Ampulex Compressa 05:53
	4.	Apart From 09:30
	5.	Don't Look 06:53

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Ava Mendoza plays these songs. She makes them sing. Her technique is impeccable, but her playing is astonishingly expressive. She doesn't just bend blue notes; she wads them up into a ball and throws them up against a wall. She manipulates raw lightning, giving us a sound that is fluorescent and powerful enough to leave a trace of ozone in the air. Mendoza knows what she does better than almost anyone else on the planet, which is tell stories with her guitar.

A split release with Relative Pitch Records. Purchase the CD version HERE: relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/new-spells

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released November 26, 2021

Recorded by Ava Mendoza
Mixed by Eli Crews and Ava Mendoza
Mastered by Mikey Young

Tracks 1 and 2 composed by Ava Mendoza (BMI)
Track 3 composed by Devin Hoff, appears courtesy of Jessie the Dog Songs (ASCAP)
Track 4 composed by Trevor Dunn (published by Convulsive Beauty Music (ASCAP)
Track 5 composed by John Dikeman
All tracks © 2021, Ava Mendoza

Original artwork by Dylan Marcus McConnell / Tiny Little Hammers

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