Wolf Eyes and Model Home met in November 2022 when they played a show together at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn. Already aware of each other’s music, and sharing a connection via the Disciples label, there was an immediate recognition of kindred spirits, plans hatched for future collaboration. January 2023 saw the release of Wolf Eyes Presents Difficult Messages, a compilation LP of private press 45s originally released as a series of homemade mail order boxsets during the pandemic, featuring the core Wolf crew of Nate Young and John Olson trading long distance sounds with friends such as Raven Chacon, Alex Moskos (AIDS Wolf, Drainolith), Aaron Dilloway, and Gretchen Gonzales (Universal Indians, Infinite River). Whilst the compilation (beautifully presented as a limited clear vinyl LP + zine package) collated a highlights reel from the project, there were plenty of tracks not included for reasons of space. These recordings were handed over to Model Home to mess with further, in the same way that they had taken the His Name Is Alive ‘beat tape’ ‘Return Versions’ and dubbed it into infinity.

On More Difficult Messages they fracture the already disintegrating tracks into separate shards and reconstruct them into new shapes, adding hand-built synth bleeps, irregular drum machine patterns and the abstracted mic flow of NAPPYNAPPA, deftly stitched together by Pat Cain at the controls, with added floor tom by Future Times head honcho Dolo Percussion on one track. The tape is presented JA style, with vocals on one side and instrumental excursions on the flip, this is a true meeting of mangled minds.

Wolf Eyes 2023 tour dates

27 July, Trumpet Blossom, Iowa City IA, USA
28 July, Bottleneck, Lawrence KS, USA
30 July, Rubber Gloves, Denton TX, USA
31 July, Gasa Gasa, New Orleans LA, USA
01 Aug, Lonesome Rose, San Antonio TX, USA
02 Aug, Mohawk, Austin TX, USA
04 Aug, Mesa Brewing, Taos NM, USA
06 Aug, The Stork Club, Oakland CA, USA
08 Aug, Dundee, Portland OR, USA
09 Aug, Fox Cabaret, Vancouver BC, Canada
10 Aug, Vera Project, Seattle WA, USA
11 Aug, VFW Hall, Missoula MT, USA
04 Oct, Zebulon, Los Angeles CA, USA (w/ Anthony Braxton)
26 Oct, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY, USA (w/ Anthony Braxton)
30 Oct, Kuppelhalle, Berlin, Germany
31 Oct, Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic
02 Nov, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
03 Nov, The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle, UK
04 Nov. Strange Brew, Bristol, UK
05 Nov, 100 Club, London, UK
07 Nov, ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal
08 Nov, Instants Chaivres, Paris, France
09 Nov, Galeries Vorn und Oben, Eupen, Belgium
10 Nov, Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
11 Nov, iDEALFest, Gothenburg, Sweden
12 Nov, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
13 Nov, Blå, Oslo, Norway
14 Nov, Råhuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
15 Nov, Cave12, Geneva, Switzerland
16 Nov, Hydrozagadka, Warsaw, Poland
17 Nov, Freakout, Bologna, Italy

Stream and order the cassette HERE