THE 9th ALBUM & CONCEPT ALBUM

FEATURING “ The NIGHT THIEF ” –

“A FUTURE PRIMITIVE…WINDSWEPT WALKABOUT…. CACTUS CROWN is an authentic American-Spaghetti Western Occult album many have tried to make yet failed…instead of seeping themselves in the true subconscious that is churned and plumed from such a lust for archaic divinities.” – Gabriel Hart of JAIL WEDDINGS

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BY GABRIEL HART 05.2018

“…CACTUS CROWN. An authentic American-Spaghetti Western Occult album many before Dakota Slim have tried to make yet failed because they chose the paint-by-numbers, spell-it-out-for-idiots approach instead of seeping themselves in the true subconscious that is churned and plumed from such a lust for archaic divinities. See, when you choose the former route, your destiny is a sad conduit for shoulder-shrugging idiocy rather than the reaping rewards of pure abandon, where Dakota Slim’s sense of adventure doesn’t forget to forge into his inner frontiers to whisper softly as a stalker to his prey what he has found, so long as we refrain from screaming.

Conceived during the eclipse of August 2017, Travis Keats Ross (AKA Dakota Slim), Cactus Crown began as a mere documentation of rituals he was performing around the veiling of our moon, which resulted in psychic Cupid-arrows simultaneously piercing two hearts, one of course belonging to Mr. Ross. The term “future-primitive” might apply to this unique album, as DS has managed to deploy electronics to antiquity BUT ONLY to capture an array of organic field recordings so he can play them all together like a tactile instrument. He masterfully alternates Devil-notes with more melodic cascades on his Flamenco guitar, drunkenly leading the way by candlelight, but it’s a flame that will have to be re-lit constantly through this chilling, windswept walkabout…”

RECENT PRESS:

“OTHERWORLDLY, SPOOKY, STATICKY…” Against soft, spooky vocals, orbs descend to the earth and take the forms of predator and prey. Staticky percussion punctuates changes in color and form, and just as a canine creature is about to overtake a rabbitlike animal, their forms are all but obliterated as the lyrics come to a close. – Katey Trnka PREMIERES “NIGHT THIEF” VIDEO for VORTEX MAGAZINE

“EVERY LISTEN has a DIFFERENT DIMENSION…” …These Eight Songs come together, in my listening experience, as a sort of meditative and forward moving ghost opening up that which is closed. The rhythms are just the right cradle between odd and familiar, the vocals are a whispering secret that can be heard voiced both in sands and alleyways.” RUUUNE, PORTLAND NOTES – 01.02.19

“COUNTRY GOTH LIVES ON…” …The best way I can describe it is a creepy, worldly trip-hop song with ghostly vocals, but there’s so much more to it than that. My favorite is the wild saxophone noise reminiscent of The Birthday Party. “Wylin’” has a more obvious spaghetti western influence, dirge-y and acoustic in tone… Zär Blackthorne, CVLT NATION – 08.08.18

“PERFECTION…”

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© TRAVIS KEATS ROSS / DAKOTA SLIM HYMNS / WE THE HALLOWED 2018 / 2019