...in to the dark rift...

Pictureplane's recent album, Dark Rift, was featured on Pitchfork.com and the first single, "Goth Star", made it to their "Top Tracks of 2009" list. "Goth Star" features a sample from Fleetwood Mac's "Seven Wonders" which includes dreamy Stevie Nicks vocals, and the video, directed by Sterling Crispin, pays hommage to this. Before he played this live, he dedicated it to "People who live in dilapidated buildings", a reference to the warehouse where he not only made a name for himself, but also lives, Rhinoceropolis, in Denver, CO?



Picturplane - Goth Star

The second video off the same album was directed by Thomas Stemrich. The song, "Trance Doll", is a banger with the occasional breaks for ethereal dreaming. The video, is a completely different story; watching this video gives me the same nervous feeling I get when I realize I'm going to have to take a shit at a gas station.



Pictureplane - Trance Doll

Dark Rift is a great album, one that you can listen to all the way through, it has few if any weaknesses. However, if I had to pick a favorite song off this masterpiece it would definitely be "Cyclical Cyclical (Atlantis)". It's the shortest song on the album and it always leaves me wanting more. The driving beat and hopscotch melody is like running through a super mario level as fast as you can after you get the star!



Pictureplane - Cyclical Cyclical (Atlantis)

Pictureplane's live performance was a blast to say the least. The only downside to his show was that he didn't play the title track of this album! When the song was requested, he simply responded with "I don't know how to play that one live yet."

Pictureplane - Dark Rift


Here are some pictures from his show in Detroit, courtesy of Aleksey Kondratyev.