Sluice is the recording project of Durham based musician/engineer Justin Morris (Fust, Weirs, Aunt Sis). Radial Gate, the second release as Sluice, features a wide collection of local talent including Avery Sullivan (Fust, Indigo De Souza), Oliver Child-Lanning (Fust, Weirs), Luke Norton (HC McEntire), Frank Meadows (Fust, Tomberlin, Bellows) and Natalie King (Toss) to name a few. Radial Gate continues the Sluice theme of nature’s intersection with industry, and lyrically explores the ideas of isolation and depression giving way to community and personal growth. “Could you pass me a beer, oh no it fell in the river. Hey man that’s all right, goodnight.”

About Caitlin Kraus Trio

Based in Athens, OH, the Caitlin Kraus Trio is comprised of singer/songwriter and guitarist Caitlin Kraus and musical wizards Mark Hellenberg (drums) and Matt Box (bass). Their music is melodic, lyrical, and falls within indie-folk/alternative genres. In 2016, Kraus released a self-titled 7″ on label Keeled Scales and recorded at Estuary Recording, both based in Austin, TX, where she lived for five years. In 2020, Kraus completed her first full-length album What Rises and released her second full-length album Gone Beyond from Peachfork Studios in October 2023.