The Messthetics, Helen Money

$12.

press release: Helen Money is touring in support of Become Zero, the most recent continuation of the intensely emotive music expressed through Allison Chesley's manipulated cello.  With drummer Jason Roeder (Sleep, Neurosis), Rachel Grimes (Rachel's) and collaborator and co-producer Will Thomas (providing sound effects and samples), Chesley takes us on a personal and visceral journey while grappling with the concepts and emotions of life's end: loss, isolation, sorrow, peace and resolution.  Equally at home in both the New Music and New Metal realms, Chesley has an extensive collaborative history with Chicago improvisers and has toured with an incredible array of musicians including Shellac, Neurosis, Sleep, Russian Circles, Magma, Agalloch, Earth, and Nina Nastasia.

"Alison Chesley is Godzilla on the cello, a virtuoso who crushes all in her path, then slips deep into oceans of near silence." Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune

"She proves her wares yet again on her excellent new record "Become Zero," an eight track instrumental effort that combines doom, sludge, drone, experimental styles, chamber music, you name it." - Meat Mead Metal