▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Aseethe ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Throes █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2019 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-05-13 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Thrill Jockey ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ AseetheÆs Throes is a work of corrosive beauty and █ █ colossal weight. The trio of guitarist/vocalist █ █ Brian Barr, drummer Eric Diercks, and █ █ bassist/vocalist Noah Koester craft tectonic slabs █ █ of doom through minimalist approaches to █ █ composition. Minutely selected textures built on █ █ simplistic, repetitive motifs become mountainous. █ █ With each cycle of repetition, their towering █ █ riffs, bludgeoning drums, and inhuman howls become █ █ increasingly hypnotic and reveal subtle █ █ intricacies. The recursive nature of their songs █ █ coupled with their glacial pacing make masterful █ █ use of restraint to create moments of genuine █ █ surprise. On Throes, these elements coalesce into █ █ songs as detailed as they are visceral and █ █ scathing. █ █ Where their previous album Hopes of Failure █ █ centered around hopelessness, Throes turns its █ █ focus toward wrath. Barr, who composed and █ █ arranged the bulk of the music, sees the album as █ █ a direct continuation and a response to the damage █ █ and exhaustion caused by the shifts in the █ █ political and environmental landscape. Koester █ █ penned the much of the albumÆs biting, █ █ politically-charged lyrics, aiming vicious barks █ █ at fascists and profiteers alike. Despite being █ █ AseetheÆs newest member, KoesterÆs contributions █ █ came naturally, having grown up in the same Iowan █ █ DIY community the band has been integral to for █ █ over a decade. Aseethe embraces that sense of █ █ community and resistance which Koester bolsters by █ █ lyrically capturing the unease of living in ôfly █ █ overö territory and its wintery desolation. █ █ Throes was recorded at Steve AlbiniÆs Chicago █ █ studio Electrical Audio by Shane Hochstetler (Jon █ █ Mueller, Northless). Aseethe drew from their █ █ expertise in utilizing noise and drones to develop █ █ a sonic world uniquely their own, dually aesthetic █ █ and foreboding. Distant cymbal swells and feedback █ █ loops on ôTo Victoryö mirror the endlessly open █ █ landscape of their home. The instrumental █ █ ôSuffocating Burdenö makes use of processed █ █ feedback and panning drones made from both heavily █ █ effected guitar and amplified gong suspended █ █ between speakers. Barr drew inspiration from his █ █ recent solo work live-scoring films, relying on █ █ instinct as a compositional tool to interplay with █ █ the rigid structures throughout. █ █ Aseethe remains one of the most distinctive and █ █ relentless forces in heavy music operating today. █ █ Through their ability to constantly evolve and █ █ incorporate new sounds and disparate influences █ █ into their music, they stand at the vanguard of █ █ forward thinking bands like labelmates The Body █ █ and SUMAC. Throes is Aseethe at their most daring █ █ and focused, building monuments of anguish while █ █ thrusting into the void. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Throes 9:28 ░ ░ 2. To Victory 10:08 ░ ░ 3. Suffocating Burden 3:59 ░ ░ 4. No Realm 4:57 ░ ░ 5. Our Worth Is the New Measure 10:27 ░ ░ 38:59 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░