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Before We're Vaporized

by Star Matriarch

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So much of sex workers’ work is emotional labor. Always has been. Always will be: far, far into the fantastical future. And in the world of Star Matriarch, it's sometimes done in a luscious alto timbre over urgent, hard hitting drums and dramatically sweeping guitars. Perhaps in 5/4 time, a nod to her DC post-hardcore influence. And only in this world would you get the aching melodrama inspired by 20th century Egyptian 'tarab' carried by angular math-rock rhythms.

Even in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world, sex workers still listen to their clients’ bleakest traumas and comfort them. Just- future johns’ problems have more starless skies, faulty spaceships, & noxious-fume-damaged space suits.

But societal pressure for men not to voice their emotions is still there. One of the only safe spaces to tell the truth about how they really feel is with sex workers. No wonder Star Matriarch’s vision of the future has sex workers in space.

“Well, how can I be of service? You have my love | They all want answers now and we have to run | We can beat time | You have my word” Star Matriarch purrs over her dramatically sweeping guitar on Before We’re Vaporized, the third single off her forthcoming LP Red Ship.

Oh, you’re going to want to come along for this ride.

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released September 20, 2023
Carol Bui: Vox, guitar, drums
Jason Merriman: bass
Jenny Petro: cello
Winston Yu: violin

T.J. Lipple: mixing
Vlado Meller: mastering

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Star Matriarch Tacoma, Washington

Carol Bui, aka Star Matriarch, weaves experiences as a 'raqs sharqi' dancer, ex-whore, and ex-punk-wannabe into thrilling musical worlds with a delicate balance of raw power and vulnerability.

After a 10+ year hiatus, Carol returns with updates and additions to her 2011 LP 'Red Ship', slated for reissue in vinyl format on Exotic Fever Records sometime 2024
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