Six organs of Admittance?

boo, my friend Russ played with him that night, I think.

I don't have a copy of the gig, I was just there is all.

Cool thing is, he's playing in a church when he gets to my neck of the woods.

Cool thing is, he's playing in a church when he gets to my neck of the woods.

Do you have dates anywhere Nick?

Just got back from an awesome six organs gig in glasgow, chasney playing as a duo w/ Elisa Ambrogio from Magik Markers - total boy-girl folk-noise sex-combat fun, not what i was expecting at all (sometimes I think the best gigs are when you get yr expectations confounded) - sonic youth were playing up the road and thurston and lee turned up at the end to give em both a well-deserved hug

sweet nectar!!

Yeah, they debuted (?) that combination a couple of months ago here in LA, fantastic set. Photos here.

New album Shelter From the Ash = frickin' brilliant. I swear he can't do wrong ever (and he still destroys live, every time, every single time).

yeah? better than the last one?

(i liked the last one, but it really didn't leave a lasting impression for some reason.)

The one with the drone at the end? That one was great. (and not just the drone).

that's the one. the drone track was pretty good, but the first half i didn't really dig. felt like it was time to make the donuts.

yeah The Sun Awakens is probably my least favorite of his, looking forward to this. On Drag City?

is it better than School of the Flower? that's his best, i also love The Manifestation though, but for an all in awesome album School of the Flower still feels like the most accomplished

I agree with Ned, frickin' brilliant.

"Shelter From the Ash," the song itself, is as good an end-times song as any ever recorded. And lord knows it suits the air around here.

In-store at Amoeba, Ned?

Figures I would completely miss news on that. When?

November 16th

Hmm...tempting, given our plans w/Colonel Poo and his wife the following day.

Ah yes, sir Colonel and Mrs. of Poo.

ah, the internet!

I love it all.

Totally disappointed with "Shelter From The Ash" It feels phoned in when compared to the last two.

last one felt that way to me, so not an encouraging viewpoint. Still haven't heard this.

yeah, the last one felt sort of rushed and not really there to me, too. still want to hear the new one. and i'd really like to be able to find a fucking copy of school of the flower.

12 bucks from Drag City, still in stock.

I'm liking this considerably more than Sun Awakens, esp. the title track. For those in SF they're playing at Aquarius Records on the 18th.

dust & chimes is fantastic. went to a record shop last night that had quite a few of his albums.

haven't heard the new one though

This is the first album in a long time that I've listened to over and over in a row.

it's so fukking good.

can't wait til i find a full artwork promo and/or used copy of this one!

yeah last thing you'd want is the band to see some money from it

From The Guardian Newpaper:

Folk CD

Six Organs of Admittance, Shelter From the Ash (Drag City)

David Peschek
Friday November 9, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Guitarist Ben Chasny, lynchpin of Six Organs, is the darling of the underground, and has played with Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Current 93 and others. He is a supremely gifted musician. And it's possible that Shelter From the Ash, the first of Chasny's own records to find its way to these ears, may not be his best. But it's hard to fight the feeling that what you're listening to is not pushing forward the boundaries of music but instead resembles a kind of acid-folk Spinal Tap for hipsters. Although there are moments of striking beauty here, the guitar sounds become repetitive, and Chasny's vocal is not particularly convincing. There is a cumulative, stoned appeal, but also a worrying feeling that Chasny is too conscious of how, like, cosmic his playing is, without the chromatic sophistication to back it up. 2/5

That Spinal Tap reference is particularly galling! Cheeky b@stard.

wtf @ "chromatic sophistication". that shit ain't jazz, motherfucker.

I am going to play this record right now.

yeah last thing you'd want is the band to see some money from it

hmm let's see, i can buy it used for about $3 or brand new and a couple weeks earlier for $13.99, which one am i gonna choose here? anyway i like the guy, seen him on tour a couple times before and will do so again, and he'll make some money that way. i'm a college student about to graduate, also saving for a new vehicle short-term and a house down payment long-term, i can't be spending all my money on music anyway. so i'll see the tour when chasny comes around again. and that's that.

please tell me where these stores are that sell used 2007-issue CDs for $3. I'd be lucky to score it for 8 on the west coast.

otherwise, good defense of your position.

Record Surplus in LA often has 2007 releases for dirt cheap, kind of randomly. I found a copy of Kala there for $3, but I already had it. I think things are priced there based on whether or not a random 30-year-old classic rock fan has heard of it.

that guy David Peschek is the single biggest idiot/no-taste indie savant sap writing for the Guardian, and that's saying something - pay him no heed

please tell me where these stores are that sell used 2007-issue CDs for $3.

there are plenty of them around here. you have to find the right balance of know-nothing buyers and clientele who want to trade their promos for weed money.

But it's hard to fight the feeling that what you're listening to is not pushing forward the boundaries of music but instead resembles a kind of acid-folk Spinal Tap for hipsters.

really? you're going to make your stand there, huh, tough guy?

i probably should've arranged that differently so it didn't look like i was attacking sleeve.

no probs, I parsed it.

i liked a 6OA-adjacent record that came out this year — can't remember what it was now tho!

Hmm, can't think of what that might have been besides the 6oA album from February. There has been some new Howlin' Rain stuff this year from some of the other Comets of Fire dudes.

there was an actual six organs album that came out at the beginning of this very long year ...

here's new new bums! https://newbums.bandcamp.com/album/last-time-i-saw-grace

It’s been awhile since I’ve bought vinyl from Drag City, do they still not include digital downloads with them? Trying to decide how to get the new New Bums.

think if you buy it through bandcamp you'll get the mp3s — as far as I know Drag City still doesn't do download coupons w/ vinyl. https://newbums.bandcamp.com/album/last-time-i-saw-grace

Great record, maybe even better than the first one.

New 6 Organs coming sometime soon-ish on Three Lobed is absolutely awesome too.

Good call on bandcamp, didn't think of that. Thanks!

Excited for any and all new Chasny coming in!

The last Six Organs record rules. Still listen to it. Didn't even know there was a new one coming, glad to see Ben rolling stuff out.

Why yes please.

https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/the-veiled-sea

Per the label:

If you are deeply familiar with the Six Organs of Admittance discography, you know that synchronicities always seem planned and typically are preordained. To that end, it should likely come as no surprise that "The Veiled Sea" (June 25, Three Lobed Recordings) is both the twentieth proper Six Organs album and an installment in the Three Lobed 20th anniversary series. What may come as a surprise, however, is that "The Veiled Sea" is a Six Organs album that contains no acoustic guitar, features multiple tracks with searing/soaring electric guitar solos in excess of five minutes in continuous duration, a track with an out and out dance beat *and* a Faust cover. Yes, you read all of that correctly. Taken as a whole "The Veiled Sea" is like nothing else in the Six Organs - or any other - discography. Concepts of American guitar heroics, galactic postpunk, Popol Vuh-ish pastoralism and heavy psych are all thrown in the blender. "As alwa ys, Chasny finds the invisible threads between incongruous sound worlds" writes Brent Sirota in a wonderfully insightful essay on the album that we urge you to click through to read. "It is an improbable universe, but somehow it all connects." Let "The Veiled Sea" transport you far, far away.

and not just any Faust cover, the fuckin best Faust cover IMHO

bring it

this record is awesome

I'm ready

I knew this day would come

Last record was great. I am sure this one will be too. He is in a good zone right now, I love the things he is bringing into the mix.

Man, got distracted with life and forgot to order the new New Bums, sold out already! Two and a half weeks since release day and completely gone already. I'm not sure if this was an insanely small print run for some reason of whatever, but that is a huge bummer.

Ignore the extraneous "already" and "of" should be "or"

I don't know if this all ends up being fallout from the pressing plant delays or what, but it's kinda wild that I can easily order a copy of their debut record from seven years ago, but I gotta hit up eBay and discogs to buy the album that came out less than a month ago!

While I wait for that to get repressed, going back to Luminous Night, one of the gaps in my Chasny collection. This is great, I really dig the kind of bummer drone vibe.

And another new album due later in the year -- intriguingly, this is specifically a library music album done in conjuction with KPM in the UK

https://benchasny.bandcamp.com/album/the-intimate-landscape

Unfortunately I have to cancel the next few weeks of this tour. I’ll be picking back up in LA on the 19th of May. Apologies to everyone planning to see a show. I’ve never cancelled a 6Ø show and do not take it lightly. Thanks for understanding. More here: https://t.co/Q6yIgGyjYC

— Ben Chasny (@6organs) April 25, 2022

Thankfully not due to Ben getting COVID, but next few weeks of shows cancelled. Don't blame him for the decision in the least and, while it is never stated directly, it's hard not to imagine that the rising rates in Chicago being higher than, say, L.A, had something to do with it. Damn it people, mask up, get vaccinated and let's help these folks stay on the road.

Shame he had to do this, but don't blame him. I do always wonder if Comets on Fire will ever come out with something else. Miss his work in that band.