Pendant

The global pandemic brought about difficult circumstances for all of us, including musicians and producers. However, many found that in the unfamiliar conditions imposed by lockdowns and quarantine, they were compelled to create in a new way. For Los Angeles-based musician Chris Adams, who records under the alias Pendant, this served as the impetus for his latest album, Harp, which saw him forced to abandon the guitar-centered approach that defined his earlier work and experiment with new techniques and sounds, embracing electronic influences that had previously lain dormant.

Released on cult indie label Saddle Creek back in April of this year, still bears traces of the punk and shoegaze that Adams was raised on, but it filters these through a lens which is colored by the shades of '90s house, '80s pop and abstract electronica. Pairing processed vocals with raucous breaks, warped synths and abrasive sonic takes an impressionistic trip through the mind of an artist unafraid to transcend his influences and produce something entirely new.