Jeremy Mock has been a secret weapon to many bands up and down the East Coast for some time now, offering new context and textures to groups like Bloodsports, Wesley Wolffe and People I Love. But when it comes to his own project, face of ancient gallery, Mock plays to the intricacies that weigh the heaviest when caught up in our stillness. As a classically trained guitarist, Mock animates his lyrical instincts amongst haunting progressions and warm instrumentals, pulling the most hidden emotions out of simple atmospheric backdrops and layered harmonies. face of ancient gallery is Mock’s chance to seek embarrassment through writing, allowing the emotions to grow without constraints.

With guitar and vocals recorded live and scarcely edited, Like Kites is a perception of open space in which Mock searches for silence and the intensity that it can hold when given the time. With the inclusion of his sister Sofia adding harmonies on several tracks, Like Kites breathes with delicate guitar voicings and melodic intonations, their two voices caught between intervals of change, loss and reflection – those bits hidden inside that shiver when left uncovered for too long. For as instinctive and experimental as they are, these songs visit like familiar guests; ghosts that feel comfortable in your own space – but when you ask, they insist on leaving their shoes and coat on because they say they won’t be long. Retelling of the foundationally flawed, generously open and enduringly articulated, Mock’s hushed use of language lives within these little moments that blossom with unguarded trust; conversations as natural as our own internal dialogue and as unnerving as it is to be shared out loud.