Alexia Avina
“MESMERISING… A DISTINCT TALENT” – GOLDFLAKEPAINT
“MUSIC FOR THE SOUL — AND ALL PAST AND FUTURE FORMS IT TOOK AND WILL TAKE” – PASTE
“EXCEEDINGLY LUSH… YOU’LL FEEL AS IF YOU’RE SHARING A SECRET” – STEREOGUM
A powerful emotional exorcism formed of sweeping synth drones, circling sequencer arpeggios, screeching guitar dissonance and outbreaks of heavenly vocals, In The Pantheon Of Decay is the fearless and intoxicating new album by New York City based American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alexia Avina. Due for release on November 10, 2023, on limited-edition 12” vinyl and digital platforms, and preceded by the single ‘NPD / Father’s Day’, it’s Alexia’s “ambient rage” record, as she calls it. Seven mostly instrumental tracks expressing anger, trauma and a search for peace which words could never alone suffice to convey. It’s her most focused and formidable work to date.
Raised in Southeast Asia, previously based in Montreal and now living in NYC, Alexia’s music exists at the nexus of dream-pop, slowcore, ambient electronica and lo-fi folk, and is always restlessly evolving and finding new forms. Her debut solo album Betting On An Island was released in 2018 on Never Content, followed by her second album All That I Can’t See in 2019. In 2020, Alexia made her Lost Map Records debut with the album Unearth, which received support from Paste, GoldFlakePaint and Clash among others. It was quickly followed in 2021 by the album A Little Older, then in 2022 by the Crush EP, which saw Alexia collaborate with electronic producers Talk Bazaar and teasea to embrace synths and drum machines. Additional to her prolific solo output, Alexia also makes music as one half of ambient duo Best Fern, who released their debut album Earth Then Air in 2023.