Matthew P. Hopkins – Blue-Lit Half Breath [LP] DIY / Lo-Fi / Pop Harutaka Mochizuki

Harutaka Mochizuki

Jason Kahn

While often belonging to highly localized scenes and thus overlooked by a broad listenership in the moment

chiming tones that sound like struck glasses or tiny bells

only one was issued

Matthew P. Hopkins – Blue-Lit Half Breath [LP] DIY / Lo-Fi / Pop Harutaka Mochizuki"Matthew P. Hopkins's Blue Lit Half Breath, his second full length for Penultimate Press, presents a curious and compelling listen that harnesses his deeply personal and paranoid vision into the ultimate beauty horror object. Since the mid 2000s Hopkins has distinguished himself as master of multiple musical forms including bent song, freeform concrte, improvised electronics, and techno. Under his own name he has produced a most singular take on