EARTH The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull 2xLP dark slowcore sunn codeine

$

33

EARTH The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull 2 x LP

__________________________________________________________
(Southern Lord)
*** This is a new and unplayed item, direct from the CRUCIAL BLAST shop. ***

DESCRIPTION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST:
Earth's phenomenal 2008 album The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull is at last back in print on vinyl, repressed by Southern Lord for a new 2014 edition that looks pretty much identical to the first pressing: bound in a super-thick textured leather-like cover with embossed metallic gold ink, the double LP package looks like nothing less than an antique oversized Bible, a perfect design for the gorgeous, Gospel-hued glacial rock embedded in these grooves. Inside of this massive jacket are two full color sleeves that have been bound into the spine like the pages of a book, with the artwork for Bees printed on huge interior panels. Still one of the most breathtaking vinyl releases that Southern Lord has produced so far. This double LP also has an additional bonus track that is only available here, a gorgeous dose of glacial blues with horns and slide guitar drifting over languorous slowcore guitars titled "Junkyard Priest". Here's the original review for this album from back when it first came out:
It's always a big deal with a new Earth record rolls around, but for one reason or another, I never got around to listing Earth's latest album The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull when it came out earlier this year. The disc is finally making it in here now since the new deluxe vinyl set for Bees is now in stock, and it's hardly a chore to sit here and tell you why I love this album so much, so here ya go in case you've missed out so far on this amazing new album of steel-cloud majesty from the legendary, influential Earth.
Ever since Earth made their big comeback in 2005 with Hex, Dylan Carlson and company have shifted ever further from the seminal dronesludge of their early albums and have moved deeper into a realm of grim, gorgeous Morricone-tinged slowcore that is arguably as heavy as anything that the band has done before. In the same way that Earth's drone-metal classic Earth 2 inspired a legion of amp worshippers to nod out against their Marshall stacks, Hex too was influential on the new crop of sludgy metal bands that have been incorporating twangy Western guitars and desolate dust-bowl atmosphere into their sound. Now with The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull, Earth has once again brought us an album of sun-bleached and slow-burning glacial twang, but this time around the music feels more mystical and joyous than Earth's Hex or Hibernaculum. And the album looks glorious as well, accompanied by beautifully artwork hidden behind a black textured slipcase that has the band name and the album title embossed in gold, the album cover itself bearing a gorgeous psychedelic painting from Erik Roper, with the booklet printed on thick, super-glossy paper stock. The whole thing looks fantastic and fully compliments the warm, mystical music contained on the disc.
Opening track "Omens And Portents I: The Driver" is a nine minute blast of sunlight breaking through blackness as Carlson lays down a twangy riff that cops part of the Blaster's "Dark Night" and turns it into a spacious, reverb heavy mantra, laced with the ringing colors of guest guitarist and jazz legend Bill Frisell. Slowly drifting wah tones float over the heavy, metronomic drums and gorgeous Wurlitzer keys sparkle over top; restrained feedback wells up and low amp drone rushes through the background like a river of earthquake tones. A brighter tone appears with the following song "Rise To Glory" though; a huge simple riff blossoms into tendrils of country twang and droning feedback, the piano playing that gradually joins in adding additional colors to the sound. The rest of the album is just as great, just as slow, and just as meditative. Each song, from "Engine Of Ruin" through to the title track that closes the album, evokes a stately Western gloom, the hope of daybreak over dusty, gothic American landscapes. Earth's guitars are rich and thick, their tones free of distortion but they still carry weight, filling the air alongside the stately piano and organ, sun-baked harmonics riding on thick reverberant bass lines, the instruments leaving lots of open space through which the drums move in a hypnotic, almost jazzy shuffle. Like on the previous albums, the sound of Bees is like hearing a countrified Codeine, dark and spare and massive, laced with pedal steel twang and the Gospel hues of the Hammond.
Obviously essential if you are a fan of Earth's current sound, this album is also a perfect place to begin if you haven't had a chance yet to hear their monumental, cinematic Western slowcore, It's easily turned into one of my favorite Earth albums. Highly recommended.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
THIS IS A NEW, UNPLAYED ITEM. Please note that for LP vinyl orders, we usually remove the vinyl from the jacket prior to shipment in order to avoid seam splits or any other kind sleeve/jacket damage that might occur during transit. This may require that we open the shrinkwrap on the record in order to carefully remove the vinyl from the inside of the jacket (if the record was originally shrinkwrapped). Feel free to contact us with any questions regarding this policy.

Crucial Blast is an independant underground label, online shop and micro-press specializing in cutting edge, transgressive, experimental heavy music and related cultural artifacts, with a particular focus on avant-metal, black noise/industrial, dark ambience, infernal psychedelia, and hardcore improv/free-jazz. You'll find everything from art-damaged European metalcore to amplifier-exploding psychedelic drones to earth-shaking post-Ayler destructo-jazz in our listings, which we update roughly every two weeks with both brand new releases and rare finds from the vaults.

ALL REVIEWS FROM CRUCIAL BLAST ARE COPYRIGHTED, AND ARE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF CRUCIALBLASTSHOP.NET., AND ARE NOT TO BE REPRINTED, REWRITTEN, OR BORROWED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST. ::: SHIPPING AND PAYMENT INFO :::

Payment for your order is expected within SEVEN DAYS from the end of auction/buy it now purchase. Our turnaround time for orders is listed at 3 days, but we usually ship within 24 hours of receiving your order.

WE DO COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS ! PLEASE NOTE: In order to have us combine shipping, you MUST wait for us to send you a revised invoice for your order after you have clicked on BUY IT NOW for ALL of the items you want. Please contact us if you have any questions about this.

ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL (NON-U.S.) CUSTOMERS: Recent changes in the US postal system rates for packages going out of the US have raised the cost for sending small parcels internationally; you'll get a better value for your shipping cost if you order a minimum of 2-3 items at a time. Remember to let us send you a revised invoice for combined shipping for multiple items before sending your payment.

SHIPPING TIME: We will generally ship your order the same day that we receive your payment for the order. If there are any issues or potential delays with your order, we will contact you ASAP to let you know.

Don't forget to check out all of our other CRUCIAL BLAST-approved avant-metal/black industrial/trasngressive art items and releases that are available in our Ebay store and on auction. We also have many out-of-print and rare items available in our catalog as well... CRUCIAL BLAST: An online shop specializing in experimental metal, black industrial, black psychedelia, noise rock, dark ambience, and other forms of cutting edge and left-field heaviness. We also carry a carefully curated selection of books and other printed materials from the realms of black surrealism and transgressive thought.


Hit us up with an email
if you have any questions.

Click here to check out
all of the other 3,500 + items we have to offer from the realms of subterranean metal, transgressive art, experimental heaviness, and blackened industrial...