Daniel
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New Slomo album
Oct 22, 2012, 15:12
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Surely, Holy is going to spread the news properly, soon. But in the meantime ...The Grain
http://soundsofslomo.bandcamp.com/album/the-grain
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MARTASE
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Re: New Slomo album
Oct 23, 2012, 09:24
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Fell asleep listening to this last night...
...slightly concerned 8}
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Citizensmurf
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Re: New Slomo album
Oct 24, 2012, 15:33
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Great news.
Slomo is quite difficult to listen to if you are in a lying down position, in the evening, under a blanket. I remember listening to The Creep one night, with my then 4 month old sleeping on my chest, lying in my recliner. Not ideal for concentrated listening.
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bladup
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Re: New Slomo album
Oct 24, 2012, 18:59
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Citizensmurf wrote: Great news.
Slomo is quite difficult to listen to if you are in a lying down position, in the evening, under a blanket. I remember listening to The Creep one night, with my then 4 month old sleeping on my chest, lying in my recliner. Not ideal for concentrated listening.
I've just listened to the new one in the bath, it's very good and similar to the others and certainly takes you "places", and for some unknown reason it kept making me think of a zeppelin.
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machineryelf
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Re: New Slomo album
Nov 02, 2012, 20:28
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listening to this right now , really good piece of drone, seems less earthy than the other two, like something that's crawled out of a hole and is climbing up pylons to search for mischief,bad weather and crows to eat.
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Carlos
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Re: New Slomo album
Nov 06, 2012, 16:32
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Oooh, spooky!
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Citizensmurf
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Re: New Slomo album (Zen and Zennor)
Sep 09, 2024, 00:16
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https://soundsofslomo.bandcamp.com/album/zen-and-zennor
For those heads who haven't heard yet. Vinyl and cdr + DL. Out on Oct. 4th.
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Holy McGrail
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Edited Sep 09, 2024, 17:24
Re: New Slomo album (Zen and Zennor)
Sep 09, 2024, 16:47
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Thanks, Citizensmurf.
IT'S ALL TRUE. Released Oct 4th but now available for pre-order :)
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Electric drone stalwarts Slomo return with only their fifth album in 20 years, “Zen and Zennor”; their sonic palette refreshed, their focus again tuned to the spectral otherness of Land's End. The cover star – Zennor Quoit – is a colossal megalithic structure to be found on moorland above the village of Zennor, 4.5 miles to the west of St Ives.
Primitive melodies and arcane motifs are buffeted by drifting analogue oscillators on lead track 'Zen and Zennor’, compressing into thick saturated drones before taking a sublime turn into familiar subterranean territory. ‘Zennor Diode’ crackles into manifestation above the moorland, cautioning against – or perhaps encouraging – experiments with exposed electrics in the Cornish mizzle. Complete removal of self (and band) is provided with circuit-closing track ‘Antechamber’, dissolving the Zennor’d-out participants into the hum of the Hummadruz*.
The duo continues to be informed by their work elsewhere; Chris (“Holy”) McGrail recently contributed to Julian Cope’s Dope and Queen Elizabeth projects, while Howard Marsden co-runs Hebden Bridge’s already-legendary Ambient Bowling Club, where experimental music mixes with environmental sounds, low chatter and the soft clank of bowls.
“Zen and Zennor” wraps Slomo’s only constant – immense, eventual catharsis – in a freshness and immediacy that could perhaps suggest a quickening of their notoriously glacial pace. Time will tell.
*Hummadruz refers to a mysterious, low-frequency hum or droning sound, often said to be heard around the ancient sites of Land’s End.
Formats:
• Limited 2-track hand-numbered LP with 3rd track 'Antechamber' available via
download code. Includes 2-colour risographic art print exclusive to this format and
essay by Stone Club's Matthew Shaw
• Limited 3-track hand-numbered CD-R with essay by Stone Club's Matthew Shaw
• Unlimited 3-track Bandcamp digital
https://soundsofslomo.bandcamp.com
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