new Ocean album and trax posted[views:67132][posts:12]_________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 12:31am - W3 nli ""] from the myspace: Following their acclaimed breakthrough debut album that caught the ears of critics and fans worldwide, and became Important's highest selling album, Ocean has returned with their forward thinking, brutally heavy and purely minimalist sophomore album Pantheon Of The Lesser. Pantheon Of The Lesser was composed over a period of two years in Ocean's home studio in Portland, Maine. As the seasons passed each track was written, re-written, played and then re-played as layers were slowly stripped away until the true essence of the song was revealed. Once Ocean entered the studio it took another two years to deconstruct Pantheon Of The Lesser until they had found the core of their writing. This disciplined deconstructionist approach to songwriting is how Pantheon Of The Lesser is how Ocean takes it to the next level of the abyss. The result of this compositional technique is over an hour of strictly bare instru- mentation and a kind of natural heavyness that slowly rises and falls in a pure organic fashion. Everything in it's own time. Simply profound. Heavy like Schoenberg. While Ocean continues to explore and expand upon their "less is more" approach of profound musical minimalism and sheer heavyness, Pantheon Of The Lesser is a bit more musical than its predecessor. The Beacon, the opening track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, was played as Ocean's complete set on a recent US tour and on dates with Mono and Boris. Clocking in at 41 minutes on record and over an hour live, The Beacon evolves in 3 distinct movements with fleeting moments of hypnotic melody and earth shakingly heavy dirges creating an all encompasing tone of pure misanthropy. The second and final track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, titled Of The Lesser, carries a similar theme of misery. Written as an ode to distraction, chemical and otherwise, it is Ocean at their most personal: a pure sonic stream of consciousness in slow motion. Packaged in a deluxe foil printed heavy duty cardboard jacket with art by renowned Maine illustrator Bruce Hutchison. The vinyl version is packaged in double 200 gram vinyl, packaged in deluxe letterpressed covers and limted to 500. www.myspace.com/ocean |
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| _____________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 1:14am - christopher ""] woot! |
| ___________________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 10:21am - MikeofDecrepitude ""] I'm anticipating this. I Wonder if they can top Here Where Nothing Grows. |
| _________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 12:56pm - W3 nli ""] top it, if you go listen to the two samples they've got up on their myspace they've destroyed "Here Nothing Grows". this record is gonna be huge for those bastards. |
| __________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 12:57pm - brian_dc ""] only listened to the first one. holy shit. awesome. |
| __________________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 2:08pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] Here Where Nothing Grows is a tough act to follow, but these samples do sound promising. I don't really listen to any (active) NE bands, but Ocean is an exception to that. |
| ________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 2:17pm - W3 nli ""] Ocean is fucking amazing, if you dig on them how aren't you rockin the new Conifer as well. |
| __________________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 2:59pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] I wasn't really into the first Conifer album. Someone told me their newer stuff is akin to Godflesh. I don't know how accurate that claim is, but I should give them another listen. |
| ________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 4:10pm - W3 nli ""] some of the stuff but other stuff is like well conifer and queens of the stone age....you should go listen and judge for yourself. |
| __________________________________ [Nov 11,2008 2:32pm - wendallx ""] Just bought this cd! First 3000 copies are released in a digi-pack case with the above image foil stamped on the cover. It is sick! |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 11,2008 11:06pm - goatcatalyst ""] just listened to this tonight. my friend picked up the CD earlier. fucking superb. truly crushing. glacial, even. |
| ____________________________________________ [Nov 12,2008 10:51am - MikeofDecrepitude ""] Interesting album, not quite like Here Where Nothing Grows. Seems there's a bit more meandering this time around. When I thought I was getting bored, I suddenly found myself engrossed by the subtleties. Vocals are distant and cavernous; definitely one of the stronger points on this album. |