SotD: Dakota Suite - A quietly gathering tragedy (Hauschka remix)

There are few things sadder than Dakota Suite's music. The one time I saw them live was a treat; though a distance away from the technical quality it could have had (Chris Hooson looked smashed drunk and played as if he was) it was a pretty unique experience.

Here's a song remixed by piano experimentalist Hauschka, another artist that I've been looking into. A nice relaxing little tune.

SotD: Drop Nineteens - Winona

Today I'm featuring a shoegaze classic, after all not everything has to be obscure around these parts.

Drop Nineteens aren't obscure, are they?

As would be with older songs, I doubt there's an official version so here's a youtube version of the videoclip:

SotD: Hollow Sunshine - Here for Now

If the words "sludge pop" don't leave you curious enough then Hollow Sunshine is not for you. In all fairness, the genre sounds a bit silly, and in the end Hollow Sunshine doesn't actually stray very far from early 90's shoegaze bands. It drips MBV all over the place, but it does have this jesu'ey heavyness that draws it close to the "doomgaze" fashion of the 00's. "Sludgegaze" sounds even weirder and I will bet that particular tag is still open for takers.

It's an interesting project and in a time where genre fusion seems to be the hype, these guys actually do it well. Take it for a spin:

Release round-up

So I compiled a list of good news and interesting shit that's been announced throughout the week, in case you missed it. I can't in all honestly claim that it's comprehensive as much as it is the things I have come across. Enjoy:

Released:


Year Of No Light – Tocsin

Post-metal masters Year Of Ni Light added their upcoming album to bandcamp so you can listen and prepurchase. Releases on November 29th, available here http://dmp666.bandcamp.com/album/tocsin

A Perfect Circle – Stone And Echo

The story is that literally every available copy of A Perfect Circle's "Stone and Echo", a new compilation of all their things plus an exclusive live album by the same name, ran out on pre-purchase. So they decided to release the said live album for other people to listen - neat! Releases on November 26h, available here http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/stream-a-perfect-circles-new-live-album-stone-and-echo/

Geryon – Geryon

New bass and drums duo from members of the black metal band Krallice. Heavy duty stuff for the strong-hearted. Available here http://geryon.bandcamp.com/album/geryon

Announcements:


Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

The new album from post-rock activists Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra has been announced together with a nice little trailer and a figment of a song called "Austerity Blues", which rings close to my home. Release date is January 21st 2014, read about it here http://cstrecords.com/new-release-thee-silver-mt-zion-memorial-orchestra-fuck-off-get-free-we-pour-light-on-everything/

Bohren & Der Club of Gore – Piano Nights

The dark jazz band announced on facebook the date of release and the name of their upcoming album. It comes out on January the 24th 2014, and you can read the announcement here http://www.facebook.com/bohrenofficial/posts/583364855070754

Drudkh/Winterfylleth split – Thousands of Moons Ago / The Ages

I knew of this upcoming split but I wasn't aware of the release date until I read this. Drudkh is an amazing black metal band that recently turned to a more post-y sound, Winterfylleth are brittish black metal masterminds with a soft spot for their heritage. The split is out on January 17th – preorder here http://e-shop.season-of-mist.com/en/items/drudkh-winterfylleth/thousands-of-moons-ago-the-gates/lp/36874

Kampfar – Djevelmakt

Kampfar play the kind of vicious black metal that demands a beard. A soul beard. New album will be out on January 27th, announced here http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152000691270490&set=a.440340655489.233530.343342075489&type=1
 

SotD: Wooden Wand with The Omen Bones Band - War Star Days

It seems that the deeper you dig, the bigger the names become. I'd draw the correlation on a graph if I had the will to.

WWWTOBB is us going back to Three Lobed Recordings. It reminds me of an earlier devendra banhart: carefree, simple and treading on the fine line between silly and serious. I particularly like this song, the closing son for the album Horus Of The Horizon.

SotD: The Long Winters - Stupid

Woah there throwback thursday. I should really post other Three Lobed Recordings' songs like I said I would but seriously, I broke that chain like tuesday or something so I just don't care at this point.

The song Cinnamon by The Long Winters has been stuck in my head for the past days for no good reason other than it suddenly popped. When I Pretend To Fall was an album that I listened through to exhaustion back in the day, a - possibly - underrated gem of the sort of naïf indie/high school rock that you'd find on an American Pie'esque OST. Except John Roderick's lyrics are very much self-aware, and halfway through the album you'll realize that you're no longer home, you're at that class reunion loathing the same people and feeling glad that it's all over and you've moved on. Yep, the past is well off over there in the past.

Which incidentally is the theme of the song Prom Night At Hater High, from the same album: "I used to love them all, but they burn me up."

Here's Stupid. It's linked from their website that by the way, kinda asks people to link to the mp3 list rather than the actual mp3's, so here it is.

SotD: Year Of No Light - Stella Rectrix

Hold the fucking phone because the new Year Of No Light album is up on bandcamp:

SotD: Six Organs of Admittance - Stranded on Io

While I figure out a way to feature whole bandcamps here on this blog in a manner that's not so time consuming that it becomes viable procrastination, I'll be posting songs from Three Lobed Recordings that I find standing out.

Ben Chasny always stands out for me so here is one. Straight out of a collective work by eight guitar players, go listen to the whole album if you have the time.

SotD: Process of Guilt - Fæmin

I'm posting as I hear great news of an upcoming split between Process of Guilt and Rorcal. Vilagvedge by Rorcal will most likely be my "album of the year" if I ever come to that assessment, and Process of Guilt are one of my favourite portuguese bands, so this can only be good. Right?

Here's the closer for Fæmin, Process of Guilt's latest album.

SotD: Chuck Johnson - On A Slow Passing In Ghost Town

A late post noting this particularly good bandcamp page, from Three Lobed Recordings, which has some pretty great stuff in it. For no real reason I picked this guy, might post some more in the next couple days.

SotD: Electric Moon & Papir - The Circle

Resharing a recommendation from the Roadburn blog because I can't think of anything interesting right now.

Straight to the source at The Obelisk here.

SotD: King Dude - Hello Mary

King Dude has a) the best name and b) a great neofolk album up for stream on bandcamp. I'd share "Lucifer's The Light Of The World" but everyone shares that one, so here's an even more offensive song by him.

SotD: Ebon Lore - Flying

This 20 minute long EP is a haunting neo-folk experience, more voiceless than this music type usually gifts us. It's a nice companion for some writing work, I can tell you that, though very short for its worth.

SotD: Lucy Patané & Marina Fages - K

Stumbled across this album while browsing folk songs in bandcamp. Very, very nice and relaxing music by these two argentinian women.

SotD: Emyn Muil - Death of Glaurung

See when I read Tolkien, they called me a nerd. Little did I know I could have become a self-publishing badass. This one man atmospheric black metal band Emyn Muil has "work of passion" written all over it and it shows as you listen through. Certainly a great listen, the full album is on soundcloud and the cover art is amazing, makes a great t-shirt.

SotD: Wodensthrone - First Light

Nice atmospheric black metal from the UK. First Light is the third song form the album Cursed, which is streamable here.

SotD: Tombstones - King of Daze

Let's crack open this monday with some nice stoner metal hailing from Norway. Also, is this song a reference to High on Fire's "King of Days"? Perhaps.

buioingola - Dopo l'Apnea

Came across these dudes today and immediatly thought they deserve more exposition, even if it is the little next to none that it gets here. The italian four-piece buioingola (man that takes a while to type) unleashed a special brand of apocalyptic... sludge? Kind of yes, though CVLT NATION calls it crust and somewhere else I've seen it tagged as blackened post-metal. There is certainly a lot of that, also these nice industrial-y segways between the noisier segments. The noise is of course the tone for most of the album, which manages to pull a decent degree of dissonance although still being very pleasant to listen to, it's not anything too gritty.

They do sound like a kickass band to experience in a live act, too. There's a nice wall of sound effect going on. I have doubts about some of the most post-rock-y segments, they don't often sound like they fit very well. You can notice that along the album but the most flagrant seems to me to occur around the seven minute mark on the song Oceano. Nothing too bothersome, though, and overall an amazing album to listen to.

They're trying to raise 300€ to fund their album here, if you have the spare change.