Chicago’s spectral psych trio Mako Sica are the newest wandering souls in camp La Societe Expeditionnaire, who secured a spot on our Best of 2009 list with Dragon Turtle’s Almanac. Their name is Sioux Lakota Native American for “land bad,” which they caught on a sign post during a trip through the Painted Desert. Containing two member’s of the late Rope, the group took to the basement last May with James Zespy and US Maple’s Todd Rittman behind the boards to jam out their debut full-length Dual Horizons.

Somehow, this sprawling three-song epic was recorded completely live with no overdubs, just a couple of wild, presumably bearded dudes turning post-rock conventions into cathartic explosions, unsettling lulls, and everything in between. Take the fluid movements of early Tortoise, add some of the occult fetishes from New Weird America bands, and you’re on the right track. Alternately primitive and cinematic, Mako Sica wrestle a hoard of influences to the floor for one 40-minute, soul-purging performance.

Dual Horizons is available in limited vinyl (only 250 pressed) on February 16th. You can pre-order here.

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Mako Sica – I’Itoi