GASTR DEL SOL - Upgrade & Afterlife DLP Hardrock transposing the desire for escape

transposing the desire for escape and living unfettered in paradise

A pure hippie aesthetic

Limited EU edition on Aguirre

Over the existence of this band

GASTR DEL SOL - Upgrade & Afterlife DLP Hardrock transposing the desire for escapeWay back when, Upgrade & Afterlife was the umpteenth release from the individual and collective forces of David Grubbs (known then for Bastro, The Red Krayola, Codeine, Squirrel Bait) and Jim O"Rourke (known for O"Rourke), whose further history has since numbered at least another umpteen or so essential listens. What is it though, wrapped up in delectable sonic amber here, that defines this Upgrade? To be sure, we hear these young men dashing through