Nothing Is Greater Than Nothing

 

I've done this a few times now. I thought I had posted about Downward Years To Come, the new release from Philly shoegazers Nothing. I was listening this afternoon to it and thought, “I can’t remember what I wrote about this” – turns out I haven’t. I’m not going entirely senile then…

It’s been out a couple months, through A389 Recordings, and I'm a big fan. It hits all the requisite wall of noise blanketing your ears goodness – a silky opening in ‘The Dives (Lazarus In Ashes)’ bleeds into a more explosive title track – but the moment that gets me is the singular track on the B-side, ‘The Rites Of Love And Death’. It’s a gentle, languid track that drifts away, an ethereal beauty that benefits from the acoustics and gentle vocals, almost like a cast-off from The Virgin Suicides soundtrack. It may seem a strange way to finish what has been a physical suite of music, but it fares incredibly well, the gentle coda to the despair that takes place beforehand.

 

At less than 25 minutes Downward Years To Come is fleeting, but the richness of these songs resonate. You can grab it here, hopefully still in white vinyl... If you're in Philly tonight, or close by, you need to get to Johnny Brenda's - Nothing will be supporting Psychic Ills. Now THERE'S a show!

Nothing – Downward Years To Come

Atheist Doom In The Heart Of Louisiana...And Vietnam

I can't really confess to being an Eyehategod fan before this week. In fact I can't confess to even listening to them at all before this week. However I can cross both those worrying omissions out of my bucket list, because A389 Records sent me the Louisiana outlaws' new 7", brilliantly titled New Orleans Is The New Vietnam. I have been loving rock on the brutal side lately, and this metes out the justice with blunt, sludgy precision. The fact that these guys are heading to Australia to play the CherryFest festival alongside Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (At The Drive In/Mars Volta/a multitude of other weird shit) in Melbourne this November is now something I really want to be a part of.


You can grab the 7" (in green vinyl) here.

Serving Up Junior Bruce On A Platter

I profess to know next to nothing about Flordian metal actJunior Bruce, yet when sent the below track 'Defeatist' by A389 Recordings, I was pretty impressed. Imminently due on A389, The Headless King is the band’s debut 12″, packed with sludgy stonerrific vibes. The record is offered on green or red/black vinyl, and is well worth getting excited about I reckon - pre-order it here.

Anne Dreams Of Her Punx

Anne are those Portland shoegaze punks that brought out the nice mixtape earlier this year - have a listen to it here. A389 Recordings have announced they will be releasing the debut LP by the band, called Dream Punx. The LP will consist of nine tracks of material pulled from the band's self released mixtapes as well as new/unreleased studio recordings.

Virginal Plight by annepdx