skymender: skymender ep: Limited Edition CD EP in Eco-Wallet

Limited Edition CD in Eco-Wallet w/ resealable outer bag Washington, D.C.’s Skymender returns with a four-song stunner, recorded in early 2025 at Baltimore’s Magpie Cage with producer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Government Issue, Burning Airlines). Building on the shoegaze-adjacent alchemy of their acclaimed debut If and Only, this EP sharpens their celestial chaos into a tighter, bolder exploration of noise and melody. Dual vocalists Ashley Scurto and Kenny Grose remain the band’s beating heart, their voices entwining like twin comets—ethereal yet urgent—while guitarist James Banta, bassist Zaqin Huq, and drummer S. Dwayne Bruner (Cross My Heart, Government Issue) carve landscapes where beauty and dissonance collide. Opener “U.S.S.R.” drapes listeners in a warm blanket of ’90s UK-inspired textures, volleying vocals cresting over string-bending guitars before Bruner’s thunderous tempo shift hurls the track into the stratosphere. “Blown” follows, a gentle blizzard of glinting harmonics and fros