As I Slip into the Sky by Johnny Coley

For fans of Old Saw, Current 93, Sun Kil Moon, classic southern gothic literature, and looking back at life with radical gratitude, As I Slip into the Sky by Johnny Coley serves as this lifelong poet’s final testament, combining bitingly poignant spoken words with a stream-of-consciousness instrumental style to gracefully cruise through some delightfully absurd memories. Brief snapshots from throughout a long life loom large in these final moments, as love closes in on a single image of a lover and family narrows into one delightfully silly and mundane moment from the past. Each of these instances serve as the starting point for touchingly direct and charmingly lo-fi vocal recordings which spiral off into absurd detail and wild connections, all backed by a mixture of traditional guitars, minimal synths, and naturalistic samples. Those seemingly meaningless moments throughout our lives which send ripples through our future will one day comfort us when we need them most, images of mundanity which we will take with us as we march through the veil and relish in what it meant to be alive.