Friday, September 21, 2012

NEUROSIS: Song Premiere: 'At The Well' ON NPR

NPR ( NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO) are premiering "At The Well', a brand new song from Bay area, California experimental metal legends NEUROSIS.  NEUROSIS shall unleash the bands anticipated new release "Honor Found In Decay"  10/30/2012 on NEUROT RECORDS.
FROM NPR:

For 27 years, the members of Neurosis have demonstrated what metal can be and what it can aspire to: transcendent, cathartic, graceful, innovative. Like the best films, Neurosis' albums are thoughtful and sometimes sublime escapes, navigating pain and salvation through Steve Von Till and Scott Kelly's words, as well as a dense atmosphere of distortion and noise. In the past decade, more deliberately paced and folkloric passages have made their way into Neurosis' sound, too.
Honor Found in Decay is the 10th album from the band, which was once based in the Bay Area and is now scattered across the U.S. The new record finds inventive ways to sound heavy: Elements will be familiar to fans of the band's last album (2007'sGiven to the Rising), but here the scope is blown wide open. The effect is akin to grasping the enormousness of the endless prairie in Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven, and "At the Well" captures it perfectly

Listen: Neurosis, 'At The Well'

Cover for Honor Found in Decay

At the Well

  • Artist: Neurosis
  • Album: Honor Found in Decay
Even if Neurosis concerts are rare, this is the one new song it's performed live in the last year. As a whole, "At the Well" develops like a drawn-out outlaw-country song over the course of 10 minutes, beginning with Von Till's dead-eyed delivery over a lone, tremelo'd electric guitar. Both Von Till and Kelly have an affinity for Americana, have released solo albums within that vein, and even recently collaborated on a full-length tribute toTownes Van Zandt with Scott "Wino" Weinrich. So when two slide guitars rise above Kelly's howl, Jason Roeder's now-signature dramatic fills and the distorted din, it's a chaotic texture steeped in history that remarkably resolves itself. And that's not even half the song.
While Von Till and Kelly stand at the forefront, all parts are equal in Neurosis. Still, sampler, pianist and synth player Noah Landis plays a crucial role in "At the Well" and Honor Found in Decay in general. The first time I heard the song, I could have sworn the warm swell at the 59-second mark was a chorus of trombones, and that the emotional crux at 4:19 was played on an actual set of bagpipes. Nope. All Landis. It's a testament to Landis' skills and a key example of the exceptional composition that allows such moments to exist naturally on a grand scale. There's even more to Honor Found in Decay than "At the Well," as Neurosis explores psychedelic gospel (though the last minute here swells with absolute fervor), jazzy Mogwai post-rock, Hawkwind-y space rock, the familiar double-drummer swell and an even finer tuning of being heavy — on Neurosis' own terms, of course.
Honor Found in Decay is out Oct. 30 on Neurot Recordings.

Anticipation for Honor Found In Decay, the tenth studio album by NEUROSIS, is starting to intensify, as we count down the days until its North American release date on October 30th. Like an eclipse, a brand new NEUROSIS album is not a frequent occurrence and when it comes around, every last moment must be savored. For this momentous event, all the forces are aligned.
NEUROSIS forged the songs on Honor Found In Decay with the revered Steve Albini, marking their fifth collaboration with the engineer in their longstanding relationship. Their monolithic sound captured at Electrical Audio studios, Chicago, the seven tracks were then mastered by John Golden at Golden Mastering in Ventura, California.
Aesthetics have always been paramount for NEUROSIS and with Honor Found In Decay, Steve Von Till, Scott Kelly, Noah Landis, Jason Roeder and Dave Edwardson’s musical vision is brilliantly evoked by NEUROSIS‘ visual guru Josh Graham. And with that, we proudly unveil the cover art and track listing for this prodigious album, which is shaping up to be one of the biggest releases in the band’s extensive history.
Honor Found In Decay Track Listing:
1. We All Rage In Gold
2. At The Well
3. My Heart For Deliverance
4. Bleeding The Pigs
5. Casting Of The Ages
6. All Is Found… In Time
7. Raise The Dawn
NEUROSIS have been invited to perform at ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas at Camber Sands Holiday Camp, England on November 30th through December 2nd, which Steve Albini’s band Shellac have been asked to curate. Keep your ears to the streets for a plethora of pending announcements on NEUROSIS in the weeks ahead including music from Honor Found In Decay, additional live appearances and more.

VIDEO BELOW: NEUROSIS: "HONOR FOUND IN DECAY" TRAILER:
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 
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