“The Surprise Return of Delta of Venus”

Arts writer Rick Koster wrote a spectacular article on Delta of Venus, to be published in the print edition Friday 2 May, 2025.

Here is the online link: Check it out!


The Surprise Return of Delta of Venus by Rick Koster

Delta of Venus: From Left to Right: Shawn Fake (drums), Rich Freitas (guitars), Mat Tarbox (bass and sequencer), Issy Paterson (vocals and lyrics)

Listen to Delta of Venus here:
Disengaged b/w Slipping

From Left to Right: Delta of Venus with Shawn Fake (drums), Rich Freitas (guitars), Mat Tarbox (bass and sequencer), Issy Paterson (vocals, lyrics), and actresses for the video: Fiona Morrison, Emma Bishop, Maya George, and Izzy Nowakowski. Missing from photo: Nora Lichter (actress). Band Photo top and Group Photo by Michelle Gemma. Cover art by Rich Freitas.

Check out the music video here!
Disengaged b/w Slipping (Official Music Video)

Delta of Venus- Disengaged b/w Slipping (Official Music Video)

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“Disengaged b/w Slipping” is the first music video from Delta of Venus, an indie pop shoegaze band from Mystic, CT, who released their Double A-Side Single on November 26, 2024.

The long-form video reimagines the narrative arc of Joan of Arc, had she lived beyond her nineteen years, and led a movement of feminine resistance set in modern-day Mystic, CT.

Written, Directed, Filmed and Styled by Mystic Photographer Michelle Gemma.

Edited by James Canty

Song Credits:
Released November 26, 2024
Song by Ellery Twining
Music by Delta of Venus
Lyrics by Issy

Bass guitar & Sequencer Programming: Mat Tarbox
Drums: Shawn Fake
Guitars: Ellery Twining
Vocals: Issy

Recorded and Produced by Eric M. Lichter at Dirt Floor / Middletown, Connecticut  
Engineered by Guido Falivene 
September 2024

Video Credits:
All photographs and video by Michelle Gemma
Models: Fiona / Emma / Maya / Izzy N. / Nora / Issy P.

Filmed between 14 January 2025 and 11 March 2025.
A special thank you to Evan Nickles, owner of the House of 1833 for the generous loan of the mansion, and Royal Young for “Show, Don’t Tell!”



Ellery Twining- Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection (Official Music Video)

On RESULTS, Ellery Twining follows up his critically acclaimed solo debut REVENGE with an exploration into the soundscapes of Post Pop.

The third track on RESULTS is Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection.  Twining says, “Working at the  Mystic Disc record store since 1995 has brought many memorable moments of musical importance. When the store bought Dusty Springfield’s record collection, it was an indelible moment.”

The music video for Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection introduces a young fan of Dusty Springfield’s music as she searches for her records at the iconic Mystic Disc record shop in Downtown Mystic on a recent afternoon. Unbeknownst to her, the ghost of Dusty Springfield will also pay a visit to the Mystic Disc.

Written and directed by Mystic photographer Michelle Gemma
Edited by Jim Canty
Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection song credits:
Released June 1, 2023

all noises by Ellery Twining
Except: David Bentley / The Bass Guitar

Produced and Recorded by Eric M. Lichter for Dirt Floor Recording & Production – Haddam, CT
Recorded between December 2022 and April 2023

Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection video credits:
Released August 17, 2024
All photographs and video by Michelle Gemma
Except video footage of 17 Relics from Disc40 by Frank Fulchiero for SEC-TV in Groton, CT on September 30, 2023
Models: Carly Straub as the young fan and Issy Paterson as Dusty Springfield
Mystic Disc workers: Emma & Maya & Fiona
Mystic Disc owner: Dan Curland
Filmed on June 30,  July 16 & August 7, 2024 at Mystic Disc  in Mystic, CT USA
Appearing in the photographs: Mystic Disc, Carly, Issy, Glastonbury Grove, DJ Shecky, DJ Jimmy K, DJ Mark Amado, Emma, Maya, Fiona, James Maple, and the Dog Dan Curland.

S.B. Butler (Official Music Video)

S.B. Butler is the first music video from Ellery Twining’s second solo album “RESULTS”, released 1 June 2023


On RESULTS, Ellery Twining follows up his critically acclaimed solo debut REVENGE with an exploration into the soundscapes of Post Pop.

He has described the work as “A contextual dissemination of the Generation X transformation into the Post Generation.” Further elaborating, he conveys that there are underlying themes of popular culture, childhood survival tactics, and the consequences of “socially acceptable divorce.”

“This group of songs illustrates the experience of seeing through the eyes of Generation X kids during their childhood, and its reflection.”

Written and directed by Mystic Photographer Michelle Gemma

Edited by Jim Canty

S.B. Butler song credits:
Released June 1, 2023
all noises by Ellery Twining
Except:
David Bentley / The Bass Guitar
Mixed by Eric Lichter for Dirt Floor Recording & Production
Recorded at The  Dirt Floor Studio
Haddam, CT
Recorded between December 2022 and April 2023

S.B Butler video credits:
Released April 1, 2024
All photographs and video by Michelle Gemma
Except childhood photos from the Freitas Family Albums

Model: Carly Straub

Photographed August 2023 at S.B. Butler Elementary School and on Ocean View Avenue in Mystic, CT USA, and at the Odetah Playground in Bozrah, CT USA

RESULTS PRESS

THE PUNK HEAD

Ellery Twining is ahead of his time. He foresees a post-pop era before the genre is even defined, but here and now, RESULTS convinces you that a new aesthetic is the inevitable. Before, the post pop genre hasn’t had an artist who can truly define the genre, at least not until Twining entered the scene.

Twining has something very special to share with RESULTS. Following his acclaimed debut release, the sophomore album further pushes the experimentation of form and texture. To answer the question what post-pop is, you need to first listen to his album. The album sees a translucent form of childhood nostalgia combined with a cynical look at past generations in reflection with modernity, pop, and pop culture.

The influences of RESULTS, or more accurately, its rising aesthetic is also echoed throughout different forms of contemporary art. In literature, there’s a rising of non-linear storytelling and expressiveness, which focus on individual artistry and creativity and sees narratives bend the rules of genres. RESULTS share the same thread of individuality, liberation, and expressiveness. Twining’s non-fiction, personalized narrative is entered through a fluid-like deformation of pop and folk lyricism and carried out by the heart of a poet.

RESULTS in a way reminds you of glam rock, avant-garde, and punk, of which forms all share the confrontation and seeking of a more conclusive expression as new movements and changes are emerging across the globe. We are too at a change of time, and RESULTS articulates these lost and undefined feelings. Its form might still be viewed as edgy by many, but it’s well-supported by the change of narratives that are happening in the world. RESULTS doesn’t lack universal appeal. It’s more than ever resonating and needed to be heard.

From The Day’s Archive 26 December 1995 by Scott Timberg

My first big scoop! Scott Timberg, RIP, was a force upon the Mystic Art & Culture scene in the 1990’s, seemingly at every rock show, poetry reading, art exhibit, with pencil and pad in hand.

Thank you to the Day for digitizing its archive!

Next up- ads from Stitch in Time Boutique, circa 1979