pelican
Nighttime Stories
southern lord
the instrumental quartet first record in six years presents a tautly atmospheric soundscape of craggy riffs and pummelling rhythms.
In the process of writing the album, the quartet endured a slew of realisations, tragedies, and glimmers of optimism that guided the creative process to the most potent work of their nineteen-year career. Though the new material veers towards the darker tone characteristic of their early songwriting, it’s hard to imagine a previous incarnation of the band writing songs as meticulously crafted and detail-oriented as those within ‘Nighttime Stories’, where the compositions recall everything from the triumphant call-to-arms of classic Dischord, to the vicious troglodyte battery of the Melvins, to the dynamic interwoven melodies of bottom-heavy indie cult heroes Chavez. Fans of isis, cult of luna, baroness and neurosis will be very happy with this in their ears.
Tracklist
- WST
- Midnight and Mescaline
- Abyssal Plain
- Cold Hope
- It Stared at Me
- Nighttime Stories
- Arteries of Blacktop
- Full Moon, Black Water
- Darkness