neurosis | neurot recordings
the eye of every storm lp
- Burn
- No River To Take Me Home
- The Eye of Every Storm
- Left to Wander
- Shelter
- A Season in the Sky
- Bridges
- I Can See You
It's been three long years since the release of the last Neurosis album A Sun That Never Sets. Now we are delighted to announce that the latest album The Eye Of Every Storm will be released on vinyl through Southern.
The Eye Of Every Storm is like walking into an ornately decorated, yet meticulously organised room - there is simply too much to take in with just a shallow glance. It's a culmination of the band's ideas reaching full circle to its core elements of droning folk, operatic guitar girth and churning rhythms. The band's signature pummeling riffs, crushing dynamics and brilliantly innovative use of unusual folk instruments and organic textures remain constant but The Eye Of Every Storm reaches far beyond what we've come to expect from the band in its 20 year existence. It is a confounding and compelling sound that fits delicate melody, warped subtleties and surrealist sound effects within its heavy arsenal of meticulous orchestration.
Throughout the album, dry and upfront-sounding drums and instruments weave and lock together in a way that's utterly alien to most 'heavy' music. Working with legendary engineer Steve Albini who also recorded three previous releases: Times of Grace, Sovereign and A Sun That Never Sets, the band and engineer found the perfect mix for its complex sound. The guitar parts, bass lines, synths and intimate vocal lines work together so well it's almost pop music in construction, but still sounding like a gale wind force. Von Till and Kelly both sound much more confident in the strength of their vocals. Both singers give up the screaming for a more expressive and melodic vocal style, luring the listener into the soundscape with passion and urgency, selectively bolstering the vocals with a wall of blistering guitars only when it aims for complete sensory overload.