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Release - Brazilian post-rock band Herod Layne releases work on loss
Brazilian post-rock band Herod Layne - Sachalf (guitars), Elson (bass, guitars), Lippaus (guitars), Johnny (drums) - announces the release of their new album, entitled Absentia. The album contains seven songs and three incidental songs, and was recorded during a six-month period.
"Absentia is an album about loss", explains guitarist Sachalf. "We have been through some personal issues recently, and these feelings were invariably absorbed in the compositions", he adds. "Although we are mostly an instrumental band, we tried to express these feelings through the music", says drummer Johnny. Such feelings might have been expressed in the proper structure on the songs, as the album features light ambient tracks together with heavier accents. "We love extremities", says bassist Elson. "Therefore, we wrote songs like 'Drug-Induced Inertia' which is more guitar-oriented, and 'Absentia', which is like a mantra based on guitar effects", he completes. The album also contains long crescendo tracks the band has been acknowledged for, together with "300-Megaton Lullaby", which features unexpected vocals. "The song was originally instrumental, but we wrote some words and a vocal line and saw they might fit in", explains Sachalf.
The artwork images were taken during their 2009 tour in Canada. The main cover picture is an abandoned house found in the middle of a small road in Ontario. "By the time we saw this house we knew we had an album cover, no matter what album that would eventually turn out to be", says Elson. The release also brings in a new band formation - Lucas Lippaus (Gray Strawberries, s.o.m.a.) has just joined the band to play the second guitar.
Absentia is out now on Sinewave net label.
About the band
Herod Layne is a post-rock instrumental band formed by Sachalf (guitars), Elson (bass, guitars), Lippaus (guitars) and Johnny (drums). In 2007 the band took part in the David Gilmour's "Arnold Layne" worldwide online contest, and was ranked among the top ten best versions for Syd Barrett's 1967 song. 2008 saw the release of In Between Dust Conditions album and the Walking The Valley EP by the net label Sinewave. In 2009 the band released a new EP - Sealand Fire, also by Sinewave -, and made a small tour in Canada, playing at the Canadian Music Week festival. The tour was followed by the documentary "Je Me Souviens...", directed by guitarist Sachalf. The band also played at various festivals in Brazil throughout the year - Festival Calango in Cuiabá, the two Sinewave Festivals in São Paulo, and Festival Extravaganza in Sorocaba.
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