asg are back with a new album and again relapse records handled the vinyl treatment. it has been five years since "blood drive" came out and i still have no copy of that record. to appease my bad conscience i have because of the lack of "blood drive" in my collection, i wanted to be early in the pre-order game for "survive sunrise".
i had two reasonable options. there was the possibility to order directly from the relapse euro store. that would have meant a cool vinyl colour-way but together with shipping from the netherlands to germany the price increased over thirty bucks. the other way was to order from emp mailorder and to get a lesser cool colour but no shipping costs and fast domestic delivery. well, i gave the latter option a go.
after a month of waiting for the delivery date to come, it was finally time. the record landed at my door step and after the first spin there was not the shadow of a doubt that "survive sunrise" is another cracker from first to last tune by amplification of self gratification, short asg. super smooth stoner metal with all the good ingredients. groove, melodies, solos - perfect summer record to me.
check out the video for "lightning song" and don't blame me for falling in love with it. you have been warned. the presentation is pretty nice. the artwork spans over the two panels of the gatefold and is made to be seen vertically. the inside shows the lyrics and album credits. the double lp comes on lovely opaque cyan blue vinyl. although the relapse exclusive colours look a bit more exciting, i am very pleased with my copy. 200 made. relapse records. 2018.