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The Nine Circles Audio Thing: Russian Circles was August 2022’s Album of the Month!

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Russian Circles - Gnosis

Once again it’s Album of the Month time and for August it was a little crazy. We had a pick, or not, and then had another, or not, then we put it to a vote to decide once and for all. In the end Gnosis from Russian Circles ended up getting the most votes, and for good reason. The usual gang of suspects are present for the discussion as well as MC Supreme Buke. Much is made of just how good Russian Circles’ brand of post-instrumetal still is this far along and elsewhere the gang spends a good portion of the runtime gushing over everything else they listened to since they last got together. That and the usual banter back and forth on literally anything and everything.

In other words, just another episode of the Nine Circles Audio Thing.

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Album Review: Erebe — “Aeon”

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I keep finding little, unknown gems that seem to oscillate between a liminal, musical space that drifts between sounds. Or, so I keep telling myself as I try to grasp at straws at the multiple facets and textures of Erebe’s debut album, Aeon. An album that spans multiple sounds and atmospheres, Aeon has truly left me wondering whether I have fabricated its elegance or whether it is that poignant in my mind. Let’s discuss.

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Album Review: Somali Yacht Club — “The Space”

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The world is full of oxymorons and dichotomies: jumbo shrimp, deliberate mistake, deafening silence, and, of course, Somali Yacht Club.  The name may be a humorous juxtaposition, but real ones know the music is dead serious.  It’s been four years since the Ukrainian trio have graced us with their proprietary strain of space-rock, psychedelia, post-metal and stoner doom, but on The Space the band showcases just exactly what makes them ahead of the curve when it comes to forward thinking, transcendently epic music that sends you straight from the bottom of the ocean into the outer reaches of the solar system.

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Album Review: Sylvaine — “Nova”

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Sylvaine is one of my secret (or not-so-secret) musical obsessions, going all the way back to the first time I heard “A Ghost Trapped in Limbo.”  I tend to write almost exclusively about albums and artists I am already excited about, but it’s not always that I am immediately struck by an act the way I was struck by Katherine and company the way I was from minute one, and the way that I continue to be every time a new release comes out.  Her musical growth and progression is something truly special, with every release being better and more fully realized than the last.  Nova is no exception.

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Album Review: Low Flying Hawks — “Fuyu”

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Masters of shoegaze, Low Flying Hawks, have returned with their third full-length release and final part of their musical trilogy centering on the ancient Greek myth of Sisyphos, King of Corinth.  The story is of the trickster king who cheated death twice and was then punished by the gods to spend eternity pushing a massive rock up a hill.  Every time he neared the top, the rock slipped and rolled back down for him to start the grueling process over again.  This conclusion album titled Fuyu means “winter” in Japanese and centers on the ups and downs and struggle of life.  It is an emotive and beautiful album that stands perfectly on its own while also acting as the last piece of the puzzle in the band’s five-year long project.

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