The Stone Is Not Hit by the Sun, Nor Carved with a Knife

Nadja are back with The Stone Is Not Hit By The Sun, Nor Carved With a Knife - their first release for Gizeh Records. The Canadian/Berlin-based ambient doom duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff continue their ultra-prolific output with a monolithic record which explores the depths of heavy noisescape-related music. Encompassing distorted riffs and hypnotic rhythms the album sonically attempts to continue on from the more structured elements of the duo’s recent Queller album, coupling that approach with Nadja’s more traditional sprawling, dense and challenging sounds. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BUY LP / CD HERE -> www.gizehrecords.com SUBSCRIBE to the Gizeh email list for the latest news, exclusive offers, pre-orders and tour dates -> bit.ly/2DYsIcE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The relentless fuzzed-out textures repeat and build into a blissful and cathartic whole - a place to be completely immersed. In the deep, glacial and all-consuming world that Baker and Buckareff provide us with here, there is a will to dissolve, to let the record wash right over you or perhaps even through you. At times crushingly beautiful, Stone, Sun, Knife is brought to life by its clever restraints with quieter interludes serving a perfect purpose against it’s more intense, heavier moments. The album’s intriguing title comes from a runic inscription on an Icelandic burial stone but the phrase also appears on the Eggja Stone which provided some of the lyrical content on the record. Nadja have a habit of transcending genres and indeed throughout their career they have been incredibly difficult to pin down. The Stone Is Not Hit By The Sun, Nor Carved With A Knife is a welcome addition to that hefty catalogue and stands up tall against their most impressive work. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE WIRE "No other band does this kind of sensually solipsistic post-metal quite so assuredly" THE SKINNY "Fans of slowcore titans Codeine, or even Mogwai, will find much to admire here.... generous throughout, asking much of the listener and paying back with interest every time. Superb." CVLT NATION "At times crushingly beautiful, The Stone Is Not Hit By The Sun, Nor Carved With A Knife is brought to life by its clever restraints with quieter interludes serving a perfect purpose against its more intense, heavier moments, which overall are just simply massive in their almost otherworldly heaviness." AVE NOCTUM "Ultimately, each movement owns the space in which it exists, each differing in character, each stamping its authority upon the listener. Fans of drone and ambience will find these new worlds excitingly moreish." MERCHANTS OF AIR "On this album, the duo further explores the enormous world of drones, fuzzed-out ambient, post-rock and doom metal. The latter to that extent that the music often reminds me of funeral doom bands like Evoken, Shape Of Despair and Sunn O))). Yes, drone doom, funeral doom, whatever. Slow, heavily distorted doom songs, alternating with atmospheric guitar ambient, drums and delayed shoegazing vocals, this is Nadja pur-sang."

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