| $12.57
new to stock as of
february 29th, 2008
threads:
guitar-themed
modern-psych
doom
minimalism-drones
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| | | southern lord (usa) #sunn 90 cd earth “the bees made honey in the lion’s skull” compact disc - omens and portents i : the driver
- rise to glory
- miami morning coming down ii (shine)
- engine of ruin
- omens and portents ii: carrion crow
- hung from the moon
- the bees made honey in the lion's skull
| | click the play button to hear an excerpt of "omens and portents i" |
| february 2008 release ; a new album from earth expanding on their american-primitive doom-psych formulas in increasingly dense instrumental arrays ... here they even enlist bill “naked city” frisell to the proceedings (who sounds especially nice doing his hendrix-lineage fuzz-pedal amplifier-worship bit ...)
comes as a jewel-cased disc inside a lovely embossed slipcase (the image to your left is of the inside-cover - the slipcase wouldn’t scan due to the metallic-inks ...) |
| | southern lord press release... |
| earth - "the bees made honey in the lion's skull"
sunn90 cd & 2xlp
dylan carlson: electric guitars and amplifiers
adrienne davies: drums and percussion
steve moore: acoustic grand piano and wurlitzer electric piano, hammond organ
don mcgreevy: electric bass and acoustic upright bass
songs one, four, five featuring:
bill frisell: electric guitar and amplifier
earth's latest incarnation has arrived. after refaceting some old gems for greater illumination on "hibernaculum". the band returns once again to it's continuing evolution. where "hex" reveled in dark satanic twang and austere american beauty, "the bees made honey in the lion's skull" finds dylan carlson and the band growing into a harder, more rock, american gospel and impovisitory direction framed by truly psychedelic production and blazing guitar sounds.
earth shows it's affinity with a nod to the best elements of the more adventurous san francisco bands of the late 60's and 70's, and the more spiritually aware and exciting forms of jazz-rock from the same era. this is no nostalgia trip but a thoroughly inspired and original metamorphosis. earth is also very honored to be joined on this record for three songs by legendary and virtuoso guitarist bill frisell (doing some of his most fuzzed out playing in years!) .
bill frisell adds a brilliant texture and counterpoint to the scintillating and inspired riffs of dylan carlson and the band. adrienne davies joins again on drums lending a classic and steady feel to the proceedings. steve moore also returns adding heavy hammond organ and his intense jazz inspired piano playing. live bassist don mcgreevy also makes his full length earth debut on this record.
earth will begin touring throughout the world when the album is released, australia, europe and a full us campaign and on from there. the new songs are equally compelling live where earth takes the vehicles and expand and explore them for further musical and meditative exploration. enjoy "the bees made honey in the lion's skull".
"from strength, sweetness. from darkness, light, the bees made honey in the lion's skull" |
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