Immaterialize Share New Single "Evolution" via Angel Tapes
Immaterialize is the Chicago-based duo of Alana Schachtel (aka Lipsticism) and Erik Fure (aka DJ Immaterial). Earlier this year, Immaterialize announced their signing to Fire Talk Records’ emerging artists imprint Angel Tapes, and released a trail of singles culminating in the announcement of their debut album, Perfect, out January 23rd. Today, Immaterialize present their final offering of the year: the deeply evocative and slow burning single “Evolution.” Downtempo and introspective, "Evolution" probes insecurities and imperfections through abstracted clouds of ethereal guitar-pop. "I'm ugly inside," Schachtel begins, later admitting, "I don't want to have fantasies of yearning." Alongside Fure, Immaterialize sketch melodic and hazy memories of love, loss, and longing.
Perfect — the debut album from Chicago pop experimentalists Immaterialize — is over a decade in the making. Schachtel and Fure’s years of sporadic collaboration gave way to their emergence in 2024 with a pair of songs, lifted from a larger batch that they were keen on polishing. These sessions resulted in Perfect, a debut album that sounds like nothing else produced in Chicago, the duo’s homebase and epicenter for all things indie and rock. And while these deep roots can be traced back to Perfect, the shapes Immaterialize twist form a vision entirely their own.
To celebrate the release of Perfect, Immaterialize will make their long-awaited return to the stage at Schubas on January 30th for an Angel Tapes showcase alongside labelmates Jawdropped, Retail Drugs, Starcharm, and ira gla
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