Jason W. Walton Streams New Track "Yakshi"

"Mara" is the eclectic solo seven-inch from Agalloch bassist/Self Spiller master draftsman Jason W. Walton. Composed via field recordings from various places he would visit, Walton captured the din of humanity on the downtown Portland streets, the rush of ocean waves in Southern California, and the mysteriously comforting monologues emanating from an AM radio.

Walton thematically composed these songs around his struggle with sleep paralysis - a phenomenon in which a person, either falling asleep or awakening, temporarily experiences an inability to move, speak, and react.

Following the stream of "Alp," today the song "Yakshi" comes online for communal discovery with Walton noting:

"'Yakshi' is the second and final track of 'Mara' and deals with the terror and helplessness one experiences when in the throes of sleep paralysis. In this state your mind is awake yet your body is paralyzed. Your cries of desperation travel no further than your own head and are obscured by the buzzing waves of darkness. 'Yakishi' encapsulates this experience and gives me surges of anxiety each time I listen."