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Shoegaze rock duo from America's heartland.

Matt Magerkurth is an Oklahoma-based composer and cellist who is dedicated to interacting with a sense of place in recorded music and live performance. This attitude is reflected in his debut album, Amends; instead of rigorously editing and overdubbing dozens of tracks, this album favors complete, continuous takes with minimal comps and “mends” them with layers of effects to serve as an acknowledgment of the imperfections in the performances. This sense of liveness pervades throughout Magerkurth’s recorded music both because of his background as an improviser and because of a chronic illness affecting his bow arm. While not severe enough to halt playing, it resulted in a significant change to his approach to the cello and his sound, giving heightened access to the smallest, most delicate sounds on the instrument. What could be considered to be broken, in fact, turned into the beating heart of his approach to playing.