i've been on a little doom kick lately. stuff like conan, pallbearer and iron heel were regular guests on my turntable's slipmat. so when i was at burnout records store the last few times, i was always checking the stoner/doom/ambient section. i stumbled upon the monolord before and even listened to 'empress rising' in excerpts at home after that.
the tunes failed to really grab me but at the next visit, as i flicked through this vinyl section again and the empress was still smiling back at me, i took it as a sign. this time i took it from the racks. with a knowing nod of the shopkeep i opened the shrink, pulled a lovely blue marble vinyl platter out of its sleeve and gave it the needle.
man, listening to music digitally is one thing, but nothing can beat the excitement of dropping the needle on polyvinyl chloride in its most beautiful form. that's why i love this shit. suddenly it all clicked with me, i grabbed the record, threw my hard-earned money on the counter with a smile and left with the good feeling of adding another little treasure to the collection. check out the video for the title track and listen to 'icon' and get fuzzed.
what i hold in hands is the blue marble vinyl from the second press out of 200 copies. there are quite a lot variants of the first press and a third press also already available. check out discogs for more detailed information. by the way, monolord is about to release a new record called 'vænir'. i already pre-ordered and you should too. riding easy records. 2014.
