Squidco: Paul, Ashley / Jeffrey Alexander: Between The Surface And Tomorrow [VINYL 7'' w/DOWNLOAD]

Between The Surface And Tomorrow [VINYL 7'' w/DOWNLOAD]

Once roommates in Rhode Island, guitarist Jeffrey Alexander of The Heavy Lidders, now living in Philadelphia, and guitarist/vocalist Ashley Paul, now living in London, come together again for a 3-song 7" release of idiosyncratic and informed free-form songs and instrumentals performed with a saxophone, clarinet, prepared guitar, prepared percussion, moog & electric piano.

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Personnel:

Ashley Paul-guitar, voice, bells, clarinet, keyboard

Jeffrey Alexander-guitar, wooden saxophone, moog, electric piano

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Label: Astral Editions
Catalog ID: AE026
Squidco Product Code: 33388

Format: 7" Record
Condition: New
Released: 2021
Country: USA
Packaging: 7" Record
Recorded in London, UK, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mastered by Andrew Weathers.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"Three brand new spaced-out transatlantic duo explorations, available on 7" vinyl from Astral Editions. Ashley and I used to live in the same house in Providence RI in 2007. Its been awhile. Released on everyone�s preferred 7� vinyl format. A stunning art object of sound and vision."-Jeffrey Alexander

The Wire magazine said: "a pan-Atlantic collaboration between London based instrumentalist Ashley Paul and Philadelphia based psychedelicist Jeffrey Alexander. Both play guitar, keys and stuff, and Paul sings. Unlike her more jazzoid outings. the feel here is more similar to the area Alexander worked with Dire Wolves, It's a sweet and drifting ramble through post-acid landscapes, in which ghosts attempt to explain their ideas of corporeality in words you can't quite understand."

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"Ashley Paul is an American multi-instrumentalist/composer based in London. Her intuitive process integrates free form song structures with a focused approach to sound. Using a complexity of instruments including saxophone, clarinet, voice, prepared guitar and percussion she creates a delicate palette, uniquely her own."

-Ashley Paul Website (https://ashleygaylepaul.tumblr.com/bio)
12/9/2025

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"Jeffrey Alexander is a soundmaker in DWLVS and Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders. He hosts the Pome Pome Tones radio program."

-Jeffrey Alexander Website (https://jerkfree.wixsite.com/website/blank)
12/9/2025

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Track Listing:

SIDE A

1. Between The Surface And Tomorrow 04:54

SIDE B

1. Waystation 03:04 2. The Last Burn Out 03:18

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