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Earth reveal the first audio insight into Primitive And Deadly

June 20, 2014
Samantha Muljat

Samantha Muljat

EARTH REVEAL THE FIRST AUDIO INSIGHT INTO THEIR NEW ALBUM, PRIMITIVE AND DEADLY
RELEASED VIA SOUTHERN LORD, 1 SEPTEMBER IN UK/EUROPE
  As Earth make their way through the South Pacific as part of their ongoing tour through Japan, New Zealand and Australia, building up to the release of their tenth studio collection, Primitive And Deadly, we are delighted to reveal the very first audio insight into the album, as an early surprise for the band’s vast international fanbase.  The third of the six movements on the hour-long Primitive And Deadly is the sprawling eleven-and-a-half minute “From The Zodiacal Light,” which you can listen to and share below…
LISTEN TO THE STRIKING SONG “FROM THE ZODIACAL LIGHT”,
AND MARVEL AT THE STAGGERING ARTWORK BY SAMANTHA MULJAT

 About the track Pitchfork commented, “near the minute mark, Earth incorporates one of the biggest shocks of their quarter-century: a vocalist, one of the first to lace around their instrumentals since Kurt Cobain. Rabia Shaheen Qazi, who leads the psychedelic Seattle eclectics Rose Windows, becomes a bewitching presence,” the review of the track and first true foretaste of the album continues. “and Earth, now a pristine machine of a veteran band, doesn’t falter in fitting her into their mix. They find space for the song, just at the lip of their unwavering rhythm and the riff.
  Open-minded music fans the world over have long praised Earth’s pioneering and visionary delivery of their slow-motion anthems from the Sub Pop albums of the early 1990s, to their more Americana-inclined direction of the early 2000s and beyond. Their willingness to experiment with different sounds and different musicians has always enabled Earth to remain consistently interesting and undoubtedly always unique. Now, nearly two-and-a-half decades into their musical evolution, the band prepares to releasePrimitive And Deadly, a truly epic, very diverse collection of songs which flow seamlessly, and while revisiting some of their earliest works, the album also explores massive new sonic territories for Earth.
  With Primitive And Deadly, guitarist Dylan Carlson and long term cohort, drummer Adrienne Davies, manage to pull off the trick of completing an Ouroborean creative cycle, twenty-five years in the making, whilst exploring new directions in their music. For the first time in their diverse second act, they allow themselves to be a rock band, freed of adornment and embellishment. The dialogue between Carlson and Davies remains pivotal, here underpinned by the sympathetic bass of Bill Herzog (Sunn O))), Joel RL Phelps, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter) and thickened by additional layers of guitar from Brett Netson (Built To Spill, Caustic Resin) and Jodie Cox (Narrows). Perhaps the largest left turn on Primitive And Deadly, is the prominence of guest vocalists Mark Lanegan and Rabia Shaheen Qazi (Rose Windows) who transform the traditionally free ranging meditations of Earth into something approaching traditional pop structures. The foundation of the record was laid in the mystic desert high lands of Joshua Tree, California, where Earth recorded hour after hour of meditations on each track’s central theme at Rancho de la Luna. Upon returning to Seattle these were edited, arranged and expanded upon at Avast with the help of long-term collaborator Randall Dunn. Thick, dense and overdriven, melodically rich and enveloping, Primitive And Deadly is Earth reaffirming their position as a singular point in the history of rock.
  Southern Lord will issue Primitive And Deadly in all deluxe formats in the UK/Europe on September 1st, pressing details will be released alongside preorders and more in the coming weeks. In the meantime, Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method and TheBees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull are being reissued on LP next week via Southern Lord; Hex available here and Bees here.
EARTH Tour Dates [ONGOING]:
6/20/2014 Dark Mofo Festival – Hobart, Australia
6/21/2014 Hi-Fi – Melbourne, Australia
7/31/2014 Off Festival – Katowicw, Poland
8/01/2014 UT Connewitz – Leipzig, Germany
8/02/2014 Lido – Berlin, Germany
8/04/2014 Super Uho Festival – Sibenik, Croatia
8/05/2014 Arena – Vienna, Austria
8/07/2014 Schlacthof – Wiesbaden, Germany
8/08/2014 Bogen F – Zurich, Switzerland
8/09/2014 Point Ephemere – Paris, France
8/10/2014 Zuiderpershuis – Antwerp, Belgium
8/11/2014 Tivoli – Utrecht, Netherlands
8/13/2014 Whelans – Dublin, Ireland
8/14/2014 CCA – Glasgow, UK
8/15/2014 Gorilla – Manchester, UK
8/16/2014 Jabberwocky Festival – London, UK

Founding guitarist Dylan Carlson has also released his own debut solo LP in the form of the soundtrack, Gold, out now directly by Carlson on LP and digital, with Daymare handling the CD release. Enjoy the full album stream at this link:https://soundcloud.com/drcarlson-albion/sets/drcarlsonalbion-gold/s-nsjgs

 

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