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Sunn 0))) And Boris

Altar - 2023 Reissue

    The vinyl version of this album has been out of print for over 15 years. This version will be from a new vinyl lacquer cut by Matt Colton.

    Altar is a collaboration album between experimental music groups Boris and Sunn O))), originally released on October 31, 2006 through Southern Lord Records (SUNN62). in addition to major players Sunn O))) and Boris.

    Altar also boasts an extensive roster of guest musicians/collaborators such as Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Joe Preston (Earth, Thrones, Melvins, High on Fire), Phil Wandscher and Jesse Sykes (both of Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter) as well as long time Sunn O))) collaborators TOS Niewenhuizen and Rex Ritter.

    TRACK LISTING

    Side A : Etna
    Side B : N.L.T. , The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)
    Side C : Akuma No Kuma, Fried Eagle Mind
    Side D : Blood Swamp

    Jo Schornikow

    Altar

      Jo Schornikow’s new album ALTAR is the perfect counterweight to 2019’s Secret Weapon. While that album was bare and scrappy bedroom folk, this new album is a joyful announcement of synthy indie-pop.

      From Melbourne, Australia, Jo’s first job at 17 was as a church organist, a job she’s picked up again now in Nashville, where she lives with her husband Matthew Houck of Phosphorescent and their two children. She’s played keyboard in that band for over 8 years now, touring heavily all over the world as a full band, and ducking into BBC to record a duo session on their grand piano.

      Rolling Stone called her last album “excellent,” Pitchfork calls her piano playing “sensitive” and “impressionistic,” and Gorilla vs. Bear describes her songwriting as “gorgeous and smouldering.” But the songs on ALTAR take all of that a step further. There are still those moments of quiet beauty, but they are exploded through with joy. There are windows-down, anthemic pop moments on “Visions” and “Lose Yr Love.”

      Jo Schornikow is a songwriter flexing her craft and sharing songs that have a special charm that allow them to somehow feel honest, open, intimate and funny all at the same time.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Lose Yr Love
      2. Visions
      3. Comeback
      4. Patient
      5. Spiders
      6. Plaster
      7. Wrong About You
      8. Semper Tigris
      9. Altar

      Compassion Crew bows down with three wildly spiritual house prayers for the faithful. "Altar I" preaches to the house congregation with gentle piano chords, kinetic house beats (with xtra snappy snares...) and chants from a black church (not on the east side of Detroit...- ed), building up to an incredible piano solo which should see fellow parishioners exuberate into 'air piano' mode - hammering out the keys in thin air to a bemused but elated DJ...

      "Altar II" is a deep and shamanic offering combining a plethora of perc over beatdown organ trills and squeaky hi-Qs... I can image this being great daytime fodder for those with a wiggle in their waist...

      Finally, "Alter III" brings the whole village to church through religious M1 stabs and a proper preacher man spoken word passage highlighting the perils of the upcoming A.I-onslaught. - 'the robot's are coming!!' - poignant but true pop pickers...

      Mastered by Thomas P Heckmann at Trope. Cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle. Artwork by Mel Keane.


      TRACK LISTING

      A1. Altar I
      B1. Altar II
      B1. Altar III


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