Torn Hawk & Karen Gwyer – Cowboys (For Karen)

Label: No Pain In Pop - NPIP036
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: 2013
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Ambient, Experimental
Condition: Mint

Cowboys (For Karen) marks a collaboration between Torn Hawk and Karen Gwyer on No Pain In Pop that balances haze, texture, and skeletal structure. 

“Gauze (Spread)” opens the record with a fragile distortive ambience that dissolves into space before “Cowboys” steps forward with repetitive percussive drive and murmured melody. “Grace Scrawl” drifts in darker tone—skipping beats and echo-laced synths—and “Oak & Sludge” buries itself in weight, its rhythms dense and immersive.

The closing cut, “Gauze (Sped),” reframes the opening piece, speeding up the pulse and bringing a subtle edge of urgency. A release for listeners who lean into the margins and appreciate nuance over immediacy.

A1. Gauze (Spread)
A2. Cowboys
B1. Grace Scrawl
B2. Oak & Sludge
B3. Gauze (Sped)