“Mill Street Blues may have made Lord Vapour a band to look
out for. However, Semuta proves that they're destined for bigger and better
things. Lord Vapour have delivered the goods with this album.” - Outlaws of The
Sun
“With Semuta, Lord Vapour have fulfilled the promise of both
their earlier recordings and live shows to create a high quality slice of
powerful, transporting, psychedelic rock – and I have one piece of advice for
listeners… ‘play loud’!” - Tom Girard, BBC Introducing
Ripple Music is thrilled to announce the signing of Guernsey’s preeminent heavy psych warriors, Lord Vapour,
one of 2018's best breakout acts.
After creating a planetwide storm with their
critically-hailed second self-released full-length, Semuta, the band has joined
Ripple Music for a worldwide release of the album on CD, digital, and a vinyl
reissure.
"We're stoked to be working with Ripple Music!"
enthuses guitarist Henry Fears. “It's an honour to be a part of the Ripple
Family and we're looking forward to making music with them."
Formed in late 2014 on the island of Guernsey, Lord Vapour
have been crafting a sound the ranges from retro-rock to desert stoner
freakouts, with hints of doom, elements
of heavy psychedelic and subtle funk textures splashed in for good
measure.
Founded by Joe Le Long, Christiaan Mariess and Henry Fears,
the band found a niche that their small island home of Guernsey
had never experienced before: A combination of groovy headbanging riffs and
drawn out psychedelic jams. Their debut
album Mill Street Blues, topped the June 2016 Doom Charts at #10 and came in at
#37 for that year's best albums. 2017
saw the band take to the road in the UK
and Europe, supporting bands like Jucifer,
Elephant Tree, Stubb and Space Witch.
After the success of their first album, Lord Vapour
self-released Semuta at the end of 2018, which saw the band evolve their song
construction and explore new sonic paths while remaining true to their brand of
psychedelic riff-rock. Semuta's 6 tracks
are filled with massive interlacing guitar jams, heavy pounding drums and
mindblowing bass lines, along with more elements of funk, 70s rock and metal,
landing the album at number 4 on the December 2018 Doom Charts.
Now the whole world will get the opportunity to hear the
magic and bow to Lord Vapour. Look for
Ripple Music's worldwide CD release in March 2019, with vinyl reissue to
follow.
“From the swirling alternative swampy blues of first track
"Burning Planet", with it's wah drenched guitar, bludgeoning bass
lines, thundering percussion and strong, clean yet gritty vocals through to the
heavy psych grooves of instrumental closer "Nasubi,"
"Semuta" is an album that resonates with melody, musicality and
swing, and ensures that you, the listener, will be coming back to it again and
again.” - Desert Psyche List
“What a winner from end to end, each note an immaculate
charge in the aether sinking into your skin. Through it all, Lord Vapour has
conceived greatness conceptually. ” - Doom Gazed
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