Portland experimetal soundscapist Amulets announces new EP »Rem(a)inders« and streams first single »Black Sheep«!

Portland, Oregon based instrumental ambient/drone solo artist Amulets has announced his new EP, »Rem(a)inders«, which will be released on April 10th, 2026 via Pelagic Records.

Listen to the first single »Black Sheep« below!

Tracklist:
01. Paths Of Acceptance
02. Former Shells
03. Coiled (feat. Patrick Shiroishi)
04. Black Sheep
05. Slow Motion Somnia
06. RemainRemind

Courtesy of Hold Tight PR:

Amulets, created by Portland-based audio/visual artist Randall Taylor, has unveiled their new single »Black Sheep«, the first taken from new EP »Rem(a)inders«, out 10th April via Pelagic Records.

Stream and pre-order HERE.

Against a hazy analogue backdrop, ambient guitars reverberate and echo through the sonic landscape, creating a sensation of weightlessness that is both calming and unsettling. Melancholic and soaring, »Black Sheep« evokes a presence of isolation and longing in the emptiness. Through patient unfolding, this minimalist, poignant atmosphere raises in intensity, deliberate in its unhurried movement, leaving room for each sound to breathe, evolve, and fade into the next.

Photo credit: Charlotte Alana Wool

Amulets’ new album »Rem(a)inders« marks his debut on Pelagic Records, a fitting home for a record that thrives in the liminal space between heaviness and fragility. Deeply immersive, the album navigates the dreamy boundaries between the tangible and the ethereal, where sound behaves as memory itself: unstable, layered, and quietly transformative.

Randall Taylor’s work uses analog tape and its imperfections to explore themes like degradation and nostalgia and their relationship to technology and to the self. By constructing and modifying tape loops and repurposing antiquated cassette players, Taylor creates dense, never-ending, looping soundscapes for both his live performances and sculptural sound art installations.

Known for his ability to weave soundscapes that evoke powerful emotions with minimalistic instrumentation, Taylor’s newest project is a masterful exploration of mood, atmosphere, and texture.

Taylor commented: “»Rem(a)inders« started as a fragmented collection of songs, memories, ideas, and feelings that I wanted to mash and warp together beyond recognition. What I ended up creating was a beautiful mosaic of texture and light in this darkening world. To remain is to remind. To remind is to remain.”

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well