Time to resound the trumpet as Australian blackened sludge veterans Lo! return with another grand infernal vision, captured in capital riffs and gargantuan grooves. After the universal acclaim of the band’s 2017 studio endeavor Vestigial, the Australian interstate quartet show no intention of slowing down with The Gleaners, a soul-ripping hell-ride across nine visceral anthems; an affair of raw violence with a touch of sophisticated madness. The Gleaners will be released on April 7 via Pelagic Records.
Pre-order The Gleaners here.
Today, they release the first single, Salting the Earth.
“Salting the Earth is a rapid fire sermon that hints at the core characters of this album to come. Salting the Earth was a practice employed by invading armies on newly conquered villages where viable crops and fertile lands were salted in order to thwart attempts to feed survivors. We continue this practice in modern times both literally through mass land clearance and unsustainable agricultural techniques and figuratively by forcing our uninvited expertise and signal boosting,weighing in on issues that are not ours to claim. White Fragility is a common phenomena.” says vocalist, Sam Dillon.
Stream/Listen to Salting the Earth here
