Album DescriptionLike the infamous Vancouver Island shipwreck from which the band takes it's name, The Jade Shader is shrouded in the mystery of music stretching back across the ages. The Jade Shader's influences range far upon the musical seas - listen and you'll find traces of San Diego's punk lineage as well as obscure 70's rock. No surprise there. But listen a little closer and you'll find subterranean layers drawing upon 20th century minimalism, modal jazz explorations, sources as old as Baroque harpsichord music and as futuristic as the sonic experiments of indie rock and beyond. Equal parts chaos, noise and melancholic beauty. Dissonant while tuneful. A sound and it's opposite. Sink further down and who knows what you'll find deep in the depths? There are mysteries there that don't have explanations. Ask the people at Loch Ness. Or better yet, take a listen for yourself.