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░ ██ ██ Artist: Aseethe ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Throes █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2019 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-05-13 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Thrill Jockey ░ ▄█
█▄ ░ Encoder: FLAC 1.3.1 ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Quality: 44.1kHz, 2 channels ░ ▄█
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█ AseetheÆs Throes is a work of corrosive beauty and █
█ colossal weight. The trio of guitarist/vocalist █
█ Brian Barr, drummer Eric Diercks, and █
█ bassist/vocalist Noah Koester craft tectonic slabs █
█ of doom through minimalist approaches to █
█ composition. Minutely selected textures built on █
█ simplistic, repetitive motifs become mountainous. █
█ With each cycle of repetition, their towering █
█ riffs, bludgeoning drums, and inhuman howls become █
█ increasingly hypnotic and reveal subtle █
█ intricacies. The recursive nature of their songs █
█ coupled with their glacial pacing make masterful █
█ use of restraint to create moments of genuine █
█ surprise. On Throes, these elements coalesce into █
█ songs as detailed as they are visceral and █
█ scathing. █
█ Where their previous album Hopes of Failure █
█ centered around hopelessness, Throes turns its █
█ focus toward wrath. Barr, who composed and █
█ arranged the bulk of the music, sees the album as █
█ a direct continuation and a response to the damage █
█ and exhaustion caused by the shifts in the █
█ political and environmental landscape. Koester █
█ penned the much of the albumÆs biting, █
█ politically-charged lyrics, aiming vicious barks █
█ at fascists and profiteers alike. Despite being █
█ AseetheÆs newest member, KoesterÆs contributions █
█ came naturally, having grown up in the same Iowan █
█ DIY community the band has been integral to for █
█ over a decade. Aseethe embraces that sense of █
█ community and resistance which Koester bolsters by █
█ lyrically capturing the unease of living in ôfly █
█ overö territory and its wintery desolation. █
█ Throes was recorded at Steve AlbiniÆs Chicago █
█ studio Electrical Audio by Shane Hochstetler (Jon █
█ Mueller, Northless). Aseethe drew from their █
█ expertise in utilizing noise and drones to develop █
█ a sonic world uniquely their own, dually aesthetic █
█ and foreboding. Distant cymbal swells and feedback █
█ loops on ôTo Victoryö mirror the endlessly open █
█ landscape of their home. The instrumental █
█ ôSuffocating Burdenö makes use of processed █
█ feedback and panning drones made from both heavily █
█ effected guitar and amplified gong suspended █
█ between speakers. Barr drew inspiration from his █
█ recent solo work live-scoring films, relying on █
█ instinct as a compositional tool to interplay with █
█ the rigid structures throughout. █
█ Aseethe remains one of the most distinctive and █
█ relentless forces in heavy music operating today. █
█ Through their ability to constantly evolve and █
█ incorporate new sounds and disparate influences █
█ into their music, they stand at the vanguard of █
█ forward thinking bands like labelmates The Body █
█ and SUMAC. Throes is Aseethe at their most daring █
█ and focused, building monuments of anguish while █
█ thrusting into the void. █
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░ 1. Throes 9:28 ░
░ 2. To Victory 10:08 ░
░ 3. Suffocating Burden 3:59 ░
░ 4. No Realm 4:57 ░
░ 5. Our Worth Is the New Measure 10:27 ░
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