Earth - Primitive And Deadly [2LP] (black vinyl, feats. Mark Lanegan, includes b Earth - Primitive And Deadly [2LP] (black vinyl, feats. Mark Lanegan, includes b

EARTH's career, like its music, has always been a slow, deliberate progression. Each record slightly removed from the last, a constant refinement of a singular vision. Dylan Carlson has remained focused throughout on coaxing moments of strange beauty and reflection from ''the riff''. This elemental foundation of rock is refracted, in their earliest recordings, through the prism of sheer volume and feedbacking drone or via a sparse unraveling take on folk.

With Primitive And Deadly, EARTH's tenth studio collection, Carlson and long term cohort, drummer Adrienne Davies, manage to come full circle twenty-five years in the making, whilst exploring new directions in their music. For the first time in their diverse career, they allow themselves to be a rock band, freed of adornment and embellishment. As much as Carlson's guitar has always been the focal point of EARTH's music, it's been surrounded by consistently diverse instrumentation. Here the dialog between Carlson and Davies drumming remains pivotal, 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, though, 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.

On ''Rooks Across the Gates'' Carlson stretches out into some of his most lyrical playing to date, creating an almost symbiotic relationship between his performance and the vocals of old friend Mark Lanegan. ''From the Zodiacal Light,'' meanwhile, takes a late 60s San Franciscan/freaked-out jazz-rock transcendence and quickly re-appropriates that sound into a musky torch song for the witching hour.

This contradictive tension between a band pushing itself ever-forward whilst surveying their history is reflected in the albums twin recording locales. 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 tracks 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 (who was previously at the helm for the Hex, The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull and Hibernaculum sessions).

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.

Key Points:

-***Lp version contains one exclusive bonus track: “Badgers’ Bane''

-The first Earth album to feature vocals since Kurt Cobain sang on their debut EP!

-Legendary vocalist Mark Lanegan (Queens of the Stoneage, Screaming Trees) sings on two songs on the album.

-Sub Pop recording artists: Rose Windows’ vocalist Rabia Shaheen Qazi delivers a incredible vocal performance on the song: “From The Zodiacal Light”

-Renowned guitarist: Brett Netson (Built to Spill) is the featured 2nd guitarist on the entire album.

- Top priority for Southern Lord in 2014

- POP/promotional materials available upon request.

- Earth will be touring extensively in support of this album

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