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NEUROSIS - Sovereign

Format: CD
Label & Cat.Number: Neurot Recordings NRCD77
Release Year: 2011
Note: re-mastered re-issue of the 4-track EP from 2000, plus an unreleased bonus-track & new artwork & new booklet
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"Der neuste Streich in der Re-Issue Serie der kalifornischen Legenden von NEUROSIS. Wie alle Re-Issues kommt auch dieser Release im Schuber mit frischem Artwork von Josh Graham. ,Sovereign" kommt ebenfalls mit einem Bonus: der NEUE Track ,Misgiven"! In den letzten 26 Jahren haben NEUROSIS constant den Punkt getroffen, an dem Resonanz und Dissonanz aufeinandertreffen. Sie umkreisen die emotionalen Pole, an denen nichts zurückgehalten wird; an denen die Psyche nach den Antworten auf die Geheimnisse der Erde schreit. Im Jahr 2000 war die ,Sovereign"-EP der erste Release, der auf dem frischgegründeten, bandeigenen Neurot Label erschien; das Vinyl war damals via Hydra Head zu haben. Auf dem Zeitstrahl diente ,Sovereign" als der logische Schritt zwischen den verehrtesten Alben von NEUROSIS, ,Times Of Grace" von 1999 und ,A Sun That Never Sets" von 2001. Unter Kopfhörern ist ,Sovereign" ein wahrer Ohrenschmaus! //
For the last 26 years, Neurosis has tapped into the elusive wellspring where resonance and dissonance collude, circling emotional poles where nothing is withheld, where the psyche screams for answers to Earth’s ancient mysteries. Originally unveiled in 2000, the four-song, 32-minute Sovereign EP was the first Neurosis release issued through the band’s own Neurot Recordings, with the vinyl appearing via Hydra Head. In chronological terms, Sovereign served as a millennial segue between two of the band’s most revered full-lengths, 1999’s Times of Grace and 2001’s A Sun That Never Sets. Opener “Prayer” sets the omnipotent tone for all that follows. A master-class in deep dynamics, the song ascends from its quiet beginnings into a rolling, hypnotic power-dirge couched in a bone-rattling rhythm. “An Offering” brings arsenic visions of Eden—or at least of the ruinous snake and the tree of knowledge around which it infamously coiled. The instrumental “Flood” is a veritable drum cannonade. And, clocking in at over 13 minutes in length, “Sovereign” offers perhaps the widest variety of textures, tones and instrumental undulations. Under headphones, it is a psychotropic experience of the highest order. —J. Bennett (Decibel)"
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