BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH: New Hymn From Seattle Doom Visionaries Featuring Tad Doyle Now Playing Courtesy Of Decibel Magazine; CD Preorders Available
[Photo by Invisible Hour]
With the imminent unveiling of the self-titled debut from Seattle doom visionaries, BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH,
now less than one month away, today the guardians of Decibel Magazine's
web portal heave forth opening track, "Lava" for public ingestion.
Fronted by iconic guitarist/vocalist Tad Doyle - formerly of TAD and Hog Molly - BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH
is a trio of longtime rock rebels featuring Doyle alongside veteran
bassist Peggy Doyle and drummer Dave French (The Anunnaki). Not
surprisingly, the threesome's forthcoming long player summons some of
the gnarliest sounds from the blackest depths of the Pacific Northwest.
Relays
Doyle of the debilitating resonance of the record's opening hymn,
"'Lava' was originally inspired by a Native American folklore story that
talks about Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier, both active volcanos in
the Cascade Mountain range spanning Washington State and Oregon. The
story in short; 'Where little sister goes, big sister follows,' with
'little sister' being Mt. St. Helens and 'big sister' being Mt. Rainier.
Native culture and geology records have mentioned that these eruptions
happen every four-hundred or so years. Rainier is well overdue. This
song is basically a tribute to the force and natural powers that lay
within the region and what an eruption would look like through the eyes
of the life that surrounds the region."
Get scalded by the "Lava," currently charring the airwaves of Decibel, at THIS LOCATION.
Brothers Of the Sonic Cloth
was captured at Robert Lang Studios and Doyle's own Witch Ape Studio in
Seattle, Washington and mixed by Billy Anderson (Sleep, High On Fire,
Melvins et al). Thrusting forth five hauntingly heavy tracks, with two
bonus psalms included on the CD edition, Brothers Of the Sonic Cloth
is Doyle's first recorded output in nearly fifteen years. Splicing
thick, jagged riffs through chilling post-punk drumming and hulking
compositions that blow soulfully hot and desolately cold, sometimes
within the confines of one track, BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH is
the sound of earthly decomposition and planetary ruin; a slow,
suffocating, spellbinding dance towards a looming apocalypse... thick,
monolithic, deliberate and devouring. Their longform pieces present the
kind of mature ideas and expansive progressions that outpace the
listener's short-term memory leading them off the proverbial map;
familiar landmarks like sludge, post-metal, rock all but disappeared
over the horizon. Authentic and authoritative, Brothers Of the Sonic Cloth
is as much a persistent thudding body punch of sonic destructive force
as it is a thoughtful statement of awareness and the inescapable raw
condition of life.
Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth will be released February 17th, 2015 via Neurot Recordings. CD preorders are currently available at THIS LOCATION.
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