Dear
On Dear, the Japanese trio Boris hone in on their most essential quality—the ability to wrest subtlety from thick layers of distortion and amplifier volume.
There is one constant thread running through Boris' sonic persona over the last quarter century: "heaviness."
For their 23rd full-length record Dear, Japanese drone merchants Boris return to a methodical, glacial pace.
Back in 2016, experimental Japanese sludge rockers Boris spent the better part of the year playing their landmark 2005 album, Pink, to audie...
One quarter century into their musical lifespan, Boris was ready to hang it up.
'Dear' is the twenty-third career album from Japanese stoner doom rock trio Boris - and it's best when the tracks are much weirder.
A review of Dear by Boris, available July 12th in Japan via Daymare Records and July 12th worldwide via Sargent House.
Japanese noise-mongers mark their 25th year with a masterpiece of heaviness. CD New Music review by Guy Oddy