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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 April 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
and not just any Faust cover, the fuckin best Faust cover IMHO
bring it
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Monday, 5 April 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
this record is awesome
― tylerw, Monday, 5 April 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
I'm ready
― Dinsdale, Monday, 5 April 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
I knew this day would come
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 13:15 (three years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 15:44 (three years ago) link
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.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:55 (three years ago) link
Ignore the extraneous "already" and "of" should be "or"
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:59 (three years ago) link
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!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
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.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 August 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
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.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 25 April 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
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.
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 25 April 2022 22:14 (two years ago) link