Silverships “Kingdom Of Decay”

Bissesvinet “Blodager”

Julius Lind “Lights”

Yoo Doo Right “From The Heights Of Our Pastureland”

Artist: Yoo Doo Right
Title: From The Heights Of Our Pastureland
Format: LP, Digital
Label: Mothland
Distribution: The Orchard

Genre: Experimental Rock
Release Date: 08/11/2024

From The Heights Of Our Pastureland is an expanding succession of highly dynamic musical epics intertwined with emotionally-charged sonic explorations. Whether carefully harvesting melodic soundscapes, repeating mantra-like arrangements with mechanical precision, digging unfathomably deep amidst abyssal electrical signals, or simply saturating reels with raucous abandon, Yoo Doo Right set out to further develop ideas they previously started exploring, in turn offering a third full-length that is darker, heavier, even more ominous than their previous works.

The band comments: “We aimed for something cinematic, but not in the way of a score, rather something more experiential. We wanted to create music that could ignite drive in oneself, hopefully something of significance in and of itself. While we’re really not here to force understanding on people, for us the predominant themes are anxiety and patience, the storm of colonialism, the collapse of capitalism and the massive undertaking it is to rebuild with past mistakes taken into deep consideration. It draws a parallel between natural disaster and social disaster, the experience of watching an impending destructive storm roll in and watching an impending societal disaster unfold under our current colonial, capitalistic frameworks. Hopefully, folks can give themselves time to make some sensible thoughts of the album on their own.

Yoo Doo Right began writing From The Heights Of Our Pastureland while visiting a remote cabin near Saguenay, QC in the Winter of 2023. Snowed in, Cober, Masson and Talbot simply played for three days straight, archiving anything and everything, musing about “the storm of colonialism, the collapse of capitalism and the massive undertaking it is to rebuild with past mistakes taken into deep consideration”, and ultimately laying the groundwork for their third opus. Thus, the album draws deep inspiration from parallels drawn between natural phenomena ranging from bad weather to environmental disasters and the equally overwhelming force of our socio-political frameworks. Also compelled by the commodification of art, AI and algorithmic art, the trio later revisited the pieces, altering their initial compositions by way of element juxtaposition and extensive sound design. In embracing their penchant for sonic manipulation in all of its forms, the experimentalists achieved an uncanny equilibrium between unresolved tensions and soothing resolutions.

To commit the album to tape, Yoo Doo Right chose producer Seth Manchester (Battles, Lightning BoltLingua Ignota) at Machines with Magnets (Pawtucket, RI), before turning to Amar Lal (YlangYlang, Patio, Washer) at Macro Sound (Oakland, CA) for mastering duties, poised to unearth their best work to date. The resulting 42 minutes of experimental rock found on From The Heights Of Our Pastureland feel like a beautiful yet sinister sonic tempest, aptly showcasing the Montrealers’ artistic resolve and eerie creativity. Highly recommended for fans of Godspeed You! Black EmperorBig|Brave or METZ.

From The Heights Of Our Pastureland  will be out November 8th, 2024 via Mothland on vinyl/ digital.

Tracklist
1. Spirit’s Heavy, But Not Overthrown, Part 1
2. Spirit’s Heavy, But Not Overthrown, Part 2
3. Eager Glacier
4. Ponders End
5. Lost in the Overcast
6. From the Heights of Our Pastureland

Links  
Pre-save/ order: https://orcd.co/from-the-heights-of-our-pastureland
Official: https://yoodoowrong.com
Bandcamp: https://yoodooright.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/yoodoowrong   
Instagram: https://instagram.com/yoodoowrong
Label: https://mothland.com

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Anubis “The Unforgivable”

Verstärker “V”

Traum “s/t”

Mt. Oriander/ Amid The Old Wounds Split 7″

Artist: Mt. Oriander/ Amid The Old Wounds 
Title: s/t
Format: Split 7″ EP
Labels: Time As A Color (GER), Sncl (UK), Shove Records (IT), Friendly Otter (USA), Civic Duty (AUS), New Knee Records (USA), Rufen Publishings (JAP), Slow Down Records (NO), Count Your Lucky Stars (USA)
Distribution: Sonic Rendezvous (EU)
Genre: Emo/ Indierock/ Singer-Songwriter
Release Date: 19/09/2024

I’m not going to waltz around facts here, this is a sad record, and once Mt. Oriander’s sole but lengthy song You Chip Away Everything That Isn’t An Elephant starts twinkling multiple clean guitars through your speakers or pods, you will be swept away by its melancholy. Before you know it Keith Latinen, well known from his former, genre defining band Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) jumps head first into an instrumental, soaring upbeat part of Mineral-esque or Penfold-ish intensity that sets the stage for a partly twinkly, partly head-nodding and beautifully told story of childhood nostalgia, as if JD Salinger and Douglas Coupland had a love child, a short story, so vivid, you can almost grasp it. The seemingly everyday setting lulls you in, only to break your heart with its final sentence, fully revealing this is about more than nostalgia.

On the flipside Daniel Becker takes over the narrative of loss and abandonment and turns loss into letting go, and nostalgia into sad acceptance. His first song Field Of View is a brooding, slow paced testimony of a man who is beginning to make peace with ending a fight that can’t be won, for the sake of staying healthy, staying alive, but aware of what made him who he is, for better or worse. The short sophomore song Hypothetically Speaking I serves as a passage into Amid The Old Wounds’ contribution to last year’s split 7” with Australia’s No Action, picking up sentiments of not being accepted and expressing awareness that the life settings we grow up with are ok – potentially required – to be questioned, in order to provide peace for your inner child. This may not be your perfect soundtrack to this summer’s open window ride to the beach, but let’s be honest, life isn’t always a ride to the beach, is it? Within many of us lies sadness, lies anger, and very often these are symptoms of trauma response caused by loss or negligence, among others. So if you find yourself dealing with sadness, this record might provide one thought that could be most instrumental in getting through: You are not alone. 

Rounded off with remarkably detailed artwork, specifically handdrawn by Tommy Lester aka Diddums Doodles (most prominently known for his work for Chalk Hands) this 7“ will be available summer 2024 on two vinyl variants (deep blue sea and shallow waters), housed in sand-colored paper with a shaped sticker on front, including a lyrics insert and download code.

Tracklist
1. You Chip Away Everything That Isn’t An Elephant
2. Field Of View
3. Hypothetically Speaking I

Links  
Order: https://timeasacolor.com/product/mt-oriander-amid-the-old-wounds-split-7
Mt. Oriander Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mtoriander
Mt. Oriander Bandcamp: https://mtoriander.bandcamp.com
Mt. Oriander Instagram: https://instagram.com/mtoriander
Mt. Oriander Facebook: https://facebook.com/MtOriander
Amid The Old Wounds Website: https://timeasacolor.com/amidtheoldwounds
Amid The Old Wounds Instagram: https://instagram.com/amidtheoldwounds
Amid The Old Wounds Facebook: https://facebook.com/amidtheoldwounds
Label Bandcamp: https://timeasacolor.bandcamp.com

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Black Aleph “Apsides”

Yomi Ship “Feast Eternal”