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True Widow “Circumambulation” LP

Nude Mutant — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:21:29 +0000

Speaking of labels and unexpected signings, True Widow and Relapse doesn’t seem like the most intuitive of pairings and I’m unsure where the group’s brand of droney, stoney rock n’ roll fits into the “point, click, grind” mentality. We’re being facetious of course. Down with impotent genre tags and narrow-minded music listening. This is going to be a great fucking album, much as their last was, and it’s great to see it find a home at Relapse. There is a limited edition of 300 on blue vinyl with letter-pressed art print that is current only available at relapse.com.

Young Hunting “Hazel” LP

Nude Mutant — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:30 +0000

A beautiful debut album from Young Hunting is available to pre-order right now from our friends over at Gold Robot Records. An impossibly lush, hazy pop album that manages to evoke memories you haven’t even created yet: sitting in the sun and spinning this LP for countless hours during the coming summer. The first 100 pre-orders will be entered into a drawing to win a test pressing, so don’t hesitate if you’re going to order from goldrobotrecords.bigcartel.com.

Èlg “La Chimie” LP

Nude Mutant — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:06:32 +0000

What a fucking headtrip. This is the weirdest and inexplicably, the most wonderful, thing I have heard so far this year (and probably the year before that). Stream two tracks below, I won’t try to explain. You can read a thorough review from Brad Rose when you purchase this over at experimedia.net. If you’re elsewhere, go ahead and pick it up from sdz.bigcartel.com or boomkat.com.

Wrekmeister “You’ve Always Meant So Much To Me” LP

Nude Mutant — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:44 +0000

Somehow, Thrill Jockey seems to continue to confound my expectations. At the time, the signing of Liturgy seemed like a hard left turn for the label. Now they’ve got a new album from The Body on the way and then there’s this… a huge, metallic dirge of a drone album from Wrekmeister, known by his friends as JR Robinson. As the press release states, there are more than a few of experimental/black metal’s anti-luminaries contributing to this LP (Wrest and Sanford Parker to name a couple), and their presence brings this recording down into the darkest depths. Complimented by a high-spec tip-on gatefold jacket with art from Simon Fowler and the usual flawless Thrill Jockey pressing, this is one to look out for at your local record store. Or why not go ahead and get your pre-order in at thrilljockey.com.

Steve Gunn “Time Off” LP

Nude Mutant — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:32 +0000

A new album of enchanting songcraft from Steve Gunn is available to pre-order right now, shipping ten days ahead of its June 18th release date. Apparently this marks his first album with a full band, which of course includes long time collaborator John Truscinski. If you think all the golden singer-songwriter albums can only be pilfered from your father’s collection, think again. Pressed onto 180 gram virgin vinyl and housed in a matte tip-on sleeve for $18 at paradiseofbachelors.com.

Carcass “Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious” LP

Nude Mutant — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:40:09 +0000

Another Carcass reissue on Earache, mastered from the original tapes and all that. You can hold out hope that the new album will be as filthy and necrotic as this band in their prime, or you can order this and pretend like it’s 1991 all over again. All the limited colors that you get to pay extra for are gone, but you can still snag blue, green or black vinyl via earache.com at their US store or EU store.

5/24/2013: UPDATE: This popped up at HHR recently, colored vinyl sold out very quickly. You can still get black at shop-hells-headbangers.com.

Evoken “Atra Mors” 2xLP

Nude Mutant — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:15:20 +0000

Profound Lore might be the best metal label going in North America right now. That’s practically a fact but you’ll notice I used an ambiguous phrase (i.e. might) to avoid the comments section from turning into a shitshow (as if anybody ever comments on anything when we aren’t giving away test pressings for free). Anyways, it’s great to see the label pressing up their own vinyl, even if it takes a little longer for the music to actually make it to your turntable. Eventually I will get around to saying something about the newest record from Evoken, something along the lines of “some of the most finely crafted funereal doom to come out so far this year”… but that’s not right at all because I’m pretty sure this came out last year. Colored vinyl is still available at profoundlorerecords.com. Snatch it up.

Brundlefly & the Swede “Cabin Music” LP

Nude Mutant — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:59:07 +0000

A golden, glowing album from Brundlefly & the Swede. Two side long excursions into acoustic-centered sounds with tasteful electronic, electric and string flourishes all along the way. Pressed onto 180 gram vinyl at 45rpm for maximum richness of sound. Just the type of surprise we like to see in our inbox. Give it a listen and if you like it, consider picking up a copy at brundleflyandtheswede.bandcamp.com.

Miles “Unsecured” 12″ EP

Nude Mutant — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:31:34 +0000

Miles, 1/2 of Demdike Stare, follows up his debut LP on Modern Love rather quickly with a 4 track EP of darkened, dancefloor hijinx. If you bought the album, this is a necessary accompaniment to that. If you didn’t buy the album, then it’s probably because you couldn’t find a copy of it, right? The Unsecured EP is available now at experimedia.net or boomkat.com.

Funebrarum “The Sleep of Morbid Dreams” LP

Nude Mutant — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:14:27 +0000

This is the second pressing of this highly regarded 2009 death metal opus from Funebrarum. The first pressing began to fetch some highly unreasonable prices on Discogs, so do yourself a favor and pick this one up while its still available for $18 from a straight-laced, god-fearing distro like darkdescentrecords.com.