Wax Museum Records
250 Flinders St (downstairs)
Melbourne Vic 3000
+61451216310
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NR027
Formats
1x Vinyl LP Album Limited Edition
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Release date
Jun 25, 2021
Styles
The fourth studio album from Melbourne’s 7-piece heavy groove combo is an abstruse journey into the darker fringes of instrumental music, drifting from funk to spiritual jazz and through to psychedelic fuzz rock.
Inspired by the catastrophic year that was 2020, the bands recording sessions were rescheduled three times due to extended Melbourne lock downs, before finally being recorded in November 2020. The album’s title, The Old World, refers to life before the onset of the pandemic which shattered 21st century humanity’s sense of stability and invincibility. Arcing back to the simplicities and blissful ignorance that existed before the grim onset of empty supermarket shelves, deserted streets and a world locked down.
The album begins with psychedelic-soul lament, Death of the Old Gods, before rolling into apocalyptic-dancefloor-fillers Hold Fast to the Void and Abode of the Clouds, then momentarily mellowing out on laid-back number, Never Again. Side 2 opens with Harry Cooper pt II (a tribute to the bands sax player and a follow up to part I from their 2017 album Drinking Water) before launching into brutal and fiery, The Beast, then finally closing with the epic 12 minute spiritual-jazz titletrack, The Old World. The astute listener may also hear sprinkled across the album hints of Afrobeat, Free-Jazz and Stoner-Doom (yep, Stoner-Doom), along with plenty of the bands new favourite instrument, the goat bell.
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A1
Death Of The Old Gods
2:45
A2
Hold Fast To The Void
4:47
A3
Abode Of The Clouds
3:56
A4
Never Again
5:53
B1
Harry Cooper Pt II
6:59
B2
The Beast
3:23
B3
The Old World
12:03
Wax Museum Records
250 Flinders St (downstairs)
Melbourne Vic 3000
+61451216310