“Over there, plans were made to come here, knowing it’s an erasure. A divvying up. Alone and together. In the playing of the game, tied up in knots of forgetting. Yet the wheel always turns back ‘round, opening a remembrance. Archetypal processes maneuvering through infinite combinations, falling into lockstep. A transmutation of energy. The sounds of memory, the colors shimmering, the symbols appearing. Experiencing subjectivity through the daily dulling, we are the universal to-do list. The only way is through.

This is Alchemical Task, the album that called them home. After releasing Kill Your Dreams, Lore City travelled westward, relocating to Portland, Oregon. Over the years seclusion and transformation took hold, as voicings, pedals, and instruments rotated. Quietly a home studio was constructed. Song structures loosened while loops and layers multiplied. Cast from purple-blue light, Alchemical Task materialized across the astrological seasons of Scorpio and Sagittarius. Some songs had been years in the making, like It’s All Happening. Others formed out of thin air on wistful, golden afternoons, like Beyond Done. Songs to transport, songs to recall, songs to be certain – there is something greater going on here.” — LMW

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Alchemical Task was written, arranged, and produced by Lore City. All songs* recorded October, November, and December 2019 at Lore City’s studio in Portland, Oregon. *Percussion on Separateness, as well as percussion, keyboard, and guitar on It’s All Happening, recorded March 2017 by Josh Powell at The Map Room in Portland, Oregon. All songs mixed December 2019 by Jason Powers in Portland, Oregon. Alchemical Task was mastered January 2020 by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, Illinois. Album artworks, Alchemy, and Points of Reference, created 2019 and 2020 by Nancy L. Greco in Collinsville, Connecticut. Alchemical Task released October 2020 by Lore City Music.

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