(photo credit - Invisible Hour)
Classic Rock premiere the epic centrepiece
of Brothers of the Sonic Cloth's self-titled debut album, 'La
Mano Poderosa'. Eleven minutes of shifting sands and foreboding intonations
potently convey the ominous nature of the band's end-times music, with periods
of decisive and direct riffing interspersed with captivating lamenting
melodies.
About the track vocalist/guitarist Tad Doyle comments, “Originally the main
riff was one of the first songs for BOTSC, conceived in 2007 and developed over a
period of seven years until this release. Lyrically the subject matter is of
the notion that one has been here for thousands of years. This comes with
the realization that there are 'old souls' who may have been here many times
and have witnessed glimpses of past lives through a series of déjà
vus. Some who have lived as hunter gatherers working soil, some as
soldiers on bloody battlefields joining their blades with others flesh, and
those who have witnessed their lives as other living beings and animals. This
return to ‘here', being the last time.”
LISTEN
TO "LA MANO PODEROSA"
Don't forget, you can still sample a taste of the heavy ahead of the
record's February 16th release date with a five-minute video teaser that finds
Doyle presenting an in-depth look at the impetus in creating Brothers
of the Sonic Cloth, the tracking process and the weighty themes that bind
the record. Watch the video teaser here.
Pre orders for the CD and LP are now available, and can be placed at the
followinglocation http://neurotrecordings.merchtable.com/artists/brothers-of-the-sonic-cloth
Brothers
of the Sonic Cloth is the sound of earthly decomposition and planetary
demise; a slow, entrancing dance towards a looming apocalypse… thick,
monolithic, deliberate and devouring. Fronted by Seattle’s legendary
guitarist/vocalist Tad Doyle — formerly of TAD and Hog Molly -- Brothers
of the Sonic Cloth is a trio of longtime rock soldiers that includes veteran
bassist Peggy Doyle and drummer Dave French (The Anunnaki) and their
forthcoming full-length debut maintains a long-held tradition of conjuring some
of the heaviest music from the darkest depths of the Pacific Northwest.
Slated for release next month via Neurot Recordings, 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 hymns included on the CD edition the offering
serves as Doyle’s first recorded release in nearly fifteen years. Brothers
of the Sonic Cloth’s audio manifestations are welcomingly unfamiliar, 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. Their long-form 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 Track Listing:
1.
Lava
2.
Empires Of Dust
3.
Unnamed
4.
La Mano Poderosa
5.
I Am
6.
The Immutable Path
7.
Outro
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