As AN EVENING REDNESS
prepares to release their stunning eponymous debut full-length this
Friday via Transylvanian Recordings, Decibel Magazine is currently
hosting an advance stream of the entire record.
AN EVENING REDNESS
is parched desert drone doom and the sound of thunder over the
mountains. Evoking the hallucinatory clarity of the alkali plains and
the biblical violence of its literary namesake, the collective bursts
from obscurity with a fusion of sounds that seem incompatible on paper
but prove blindingly innovative in action.
Deeply introspective and evoking hallucinatory darkness, AN EVENING REDNESS'
self-titled debut is the newest release from Brandon Elkins. Composed,
arranged, and produced by Elkins, the offering is a masterwork of
diverse ambient doom and post-ambient composition, with the minimalism
of Earth contrasted with passages that wouldn’t feel out of place on
Jesu’s Opiate Sun. An ensemble of musical talents including vocalist
Bridget Bellavia (BLKTXXTH, Piggy Black Cross), guest soloist Brendan
Sloan (Convulsing), and session drummer Ryan Jewell (Riley Walker and
many others) serve to underscore the drama and focused production
contained within the album's six tracks.
On the eve of An Evening Redness’
release, Elkins writes, “When I was eleven or twelve, I flew to Arizona
to live with my grandmother for a month. We drove from Sierra Vista
northwest through all the major sights of the state: the Sonoran Desert,
the Petrified Forest, up trails through mountains and down rock flume
water slides in canyons. Up through Tucson and Phoenix, across vast
stretches of desert and mountains that my little Midwestern-born mind
could barely comprehend, finally landing at the Grand Canyon. To say
that sense of awe and isolation is something I chased throughout the
production of this album is an understatement. The land, the stories,
and the violence perpetrated within as described by McCarthy in Blood Meridian
have tangled up in my memory of the desert sun and dust and landed us
here, together, treading in disorientation over frozen peaks and
crusted, dried up lake beds."
Decibel
writes with their advance stream of the album, “If the mysterious name
and beautiful logo don’t suck you in, the ambient mood of the music
surely will… AN EVENING REDNESS conjures up a desert-dwelling American soundscape that fuses the best elements of drone into a soaring masterpiece.”
Listen to AN EVENING REDNESS’ entire debut album first through Decibel Magazine now at THIS LOCATION.
An Evening Redness will be released on CD, vinyl, and digital formats this Friday, February 25th. Find preorders at Transylvanian Recordings HERE.
“Their
self-titled debut brilliantly evokes Blood Meridian’s hallucinatory
splendor with unsettling ambience, yawning drones, dusty pedal steel,
breathy vocals, and a vast, cinematic sweep.” -- Bandcamp Daily
"AN EVENING REDNESS'
folk-and-country-influenced drone musings transport the listener to the
great, wild stretches of sand and nothingness of my youth..." --
Invisible Oranges
"...the
music, a rich mix of drone, dusty Americana, and doom, transports the
listener deep into the desert, playing with heat and isolation as well
as colorful evening skies that breath new life into your lungs." -- Meat
Mead Metal
“…an idiosyncratic work of compelling dark beauty.” -- Wonderbox Metal
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