Trials: Black Vinyl 2LP

Western Skies Motel, the instrumental solo project of
Danish René Gonzalez Schelbeck, has announced details of
the release of Trails, his fourth album and first for The
Point Of Departure Recording Company.
Released on Friday 7th March 2025, the self-produced
album was primarily recorded with Jakob Høyer, who
shares a studio in Copenhagen with Trentemøller. Jakob
also engineered and mixed the record and played drums
on a couple of tracks.
A multi-instrumentalist, René played most of the
instruments on Trails - electric and acoustic guitars, some
synthwork and piano here and there, and the tape
manipulations - with Leaf recording artist / composer Julia
Kent (who has also played with Anohni and the Johnsons,
Swans) providing cello, Nils Gröndahl (Under Byen) violin
drones and Jens Hein bass.
Deeply meditative, the album’s warm, intricate textures
are built around haunting guitar lines, tape loops and
various drones. A profoundly immersive piece of art, Trails
shares the transportive characteristics of the finest film
soundtracks, a record able to subtly and effortlessly evoke
emotions of the listener.

Track list

1.Road
2.Stranded
3.Psalm
4.Lullaby
5.Caravan
6.Nightfall
7.All is Gone
8.Windswept
9.Fountain
10.Fragment
11.Black Desert