Bismuth premiere upcoming album, 'The Slow Dying of The Great Barrier Reef' ahead of release
Heavy/slow duo, BISMUTH are streaming their upcoming album The Slow Dying of The Great Barrier Reef in full ahead of the release. You can listen to the two-track epic over on Cvlt Nation right now!
The Slow Dying of The Great Barrier Reef will be released on November 2 via a collaboration between four independent labels; Dry Cough (UK), Rope or Guillotine (NL), Medusa Crush (CA), and Tartarus Records (NL) will jointly share release duties.
The two piece are based in Nottingham, featuring Joe Rawlings on drums and Tanya Byrne on bass/vocals. The Slow Dying of the Great Barrier Reef is their second full length release, and is in many ways a continuation of earlier work; a strong focus on multiple layers and frequencies coming together to create an enveloping and often oppressive sound is very much BISMUTH's MO.
The Slow Dying of the Great Barrier Reef is a two song opus with quite self explanatory subject matter, lyric-wise. Outside of the band, Byrne, is a volcanologist with a passion for envrionmental science. On streaming the album, she commented:
"Through listening to this album, I hope that the hearer is encouraged to research the drastic and damaging effects our species are having on our only home. However, not all hope is lost; we all need to work together to protect the Earth from ourselves.
We will performing the album in full throughout our tour with Vile Creature. These dates will be the last time we will be performing these songs live in a long time, as we are now writing our third full-length.."
The title track is a 32 minute behemoth, which stays true to BISMUTH's own description - heavy with a core of fragility. The second track, Weltschmerz is - musically and thematically - a continuation of the first. Whilst their songs lean towards being lengthy, the message and passion behind them never diminishes.
BISMUTH will be touring throughout November in support of The Slow Dying of the Great Barrier Reef, including dates with Canadian duo Vile Creature.
BISMUTH UK tour dates:
- 23.11 - Nottingham - The Chameleon
- 24.11 - Manchester - The Peer Hat
- 25.11 - Glasgow - Nice n Sleazys
- 26.11 - Edinburgh - TBC
- 27.11 - Liverpool - Drop the Dumbulls
- 28.11 - Leeds - Temple of Boom
- 29.11 - Birmingham - TBC
- 30.11 - Cardiff - The Moon
- 01.12 - London - DIY Space for London
- 02.12 - Bristol - Stag & Hounds
- 03.12 - Brighton - The Cowley Club
