New tape release on French label Vice de Forme. ‘Unforced Errors’ is released on cassette in a limited edition of 70 copies plus download. It includes a collaboration with Ilaria Boffa and features Manja Ristić on violin on two tracks.
Limited edition silkscreened box with Frosty sea green cassette – C-42 – only 70 copies. Artwork by Pole Ka.
“The sounds that Mark Vernon captures on Unforced Errors are not in themselves dystopian: a train trip, a slight breeze, a TV in the next room, bird calls, church bells. However, some deft editing and careful instrumentation turn them into the ingredients for a nightmare. In fact, the album’s haunting quality derives exactly from the everyday quality of much of its material. As in an episode of The Twilight Zone, the listener can detect a twist around the corner, turning the mundane into the frightful. But by the time you realize the trick, it’s too late—you’ve already stepped into the realm of the uncanny.”
Matthew Blackwell, The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, February 2025