OUT NOW: ALDRIG DEBUT ALBUM & FAWN LIMBS / NADJA ALBUM
ALDRIG 'YAGMUR' (WVR 058)
Aldrig (BE) is a group that was formed by ex-Soul Grip members Gert Stals & Joren De Roeck. Musically unifying sounds from black metal, sludge & post metal; combined with visceral, layered vocals, Aldrig creates an avant-garde sonic landscape that reigns cathartic. Both anointing and abrasive, their first record âYaÄmurâ is a vessel for grief.
Lyrically the record encapsulates a character falling through time and space, awakening in different urban dimensions over and over again, chasing something it cannot ever find. Like a blinding light in the night sky, there is an unabsolved longing in Aldrigâs music, a lament for liberation, but there is no liberation, only further confinement.
âïž Vinyl facts: âïž Limited to 300 copies: âïž 200 copies white black marbled vinyl âïž 100 copies gold black split vinyl âïž 180 g vinyl âïž 350 gsm outer sleeve âïž incl. downloadcode âïž mixed by Magnus Lindberg (Cult Of Luna) âïž mastered by Jack Shirley âïž Front cover artwork by Julio Camacho-Vicente âïž Back cover images by Lore HorrĂ©
âïž Shirt facts: âïž âïž artwork by Julio Camacho-Vicente âïž printed by Fabric in Gent on Stanley x Stella Blaster shirt (oversized)
FAWN LIMBS & NADJA 'VESTIGIAL SPECTRA' (WVR 057)
âEven though both bands have their own signature tones and pace, both have wandered off to the other end of the spectrum occasionally, and while the match up might seem strange upon first glance, the composition process was rather quick and smooth, maybe to everyoneâs surprise. Done via file sharing in the middle of the plague, the results of these two worlds colliding are nothing short of lush and fluent; most of the time you canât tell anymore where the other begins and where the other ends, thus the collaborational aspect clearly flourishes as it should. What started out as a few messages sent back and forth, resulted in a genreless, mind-bending monolith of an album that Vestigial Spectra is. Vestigial Spectra carries both Fawn Limbs and Nadjaâs own signatures, but burns bright to exist as an entity completely of its own. The songs and the album as a whole ebbs and flows between unestablished parameters that are as surprising as they are anticipated. Taking influence from a variety of styles ranging from grindcore to doom and from noise to ambient, Vestigial Spectra blends its components seamlessly to produce an entirely novel aural field that simultaneously is both a dynamic and thought-out craft and a wall of noise-esque seemingly directionless leviathan. Whether slow, fast, or free of pulse and time, every single second on the album is as important as the ones preceding and following it, making Vestigial Spectra first and foremost a cohesive and consistent entirety.
Thematically, Vestigial Spectra studies astronomical spectroscopy â in which scientists use a spectograph to determine the make-up of stellar bodies and planets amongst other things â and its inherent relation to human nature. Mirroring these practices and standards from one another makes up for layered lyrical approach that can read as scientific pathos as easily as a metaphorically charged burst of emotion. There are three types of spectra â absorption, continuous, and emission â which corresponds to the albumâs structure and sonic being.â
This is the EU version - Limited to 300 copies:
âïž 200 copies ghost marbled teal vinyl âïž 100 copies marine froth blue vinyl âïž gatefold sleeve âïž fully printed inner sleeve âïž incl. downloadcode
âïž mixed & mastered by Samuel Vaney (Lead & Sulfur Studio)
âïž Front cover photography by Eeli Helin âïž Painting by Aidan Baker âïž Design by Paul Pavlovich