You can now listen to Adrift for Days "Come Midnight..." in full! Click here to stream and pre-order the album:
http://artascatharsis.bandcamp.com/album/come-midnight
About Come Midnight... Australia’s smoked-out, psychedelic doom-droners Adrift for Days are back!
Two years after the release of their acclaimed debut album "The Lunar Maria", comes Adrift for Days’ latest meditation; "Come Midnight...", an ambitious, 71-minute concept album that draws influence from Earth, Jimi Hendrix, YOB, The Doors, Neurosis, Pink Floyd, Rosetta and Boris.
On "Come Midnight...", Adrift for Days have retained the smoky, psychedelic, heaviness that they’ve become known for, while also ambitiously expanding their sound. This sprawling album incorporates elements of doom, drone, stoner, sludge, blues, ambience, psychedelic rock, and post-metal. As a result, the album as a whole is hard to pin down to a single style or genre.
The concept behind “Come Midnight…” is grounded in an existential search for meaning in a universe that at times can seem pitiless and indifferent. Indeed, the album’s jacket features the epigraph:
“The only journey is the one within.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
This is not a simplistic glorification of drug-taking; nor is it an album that falls into the trappings of vague, occultist worship. “Come Midnight…” is an intense, dynamic and deeply personal album that takes you for a nightmarish trek into the depths of man’s soul. It the soundtrack for journeyers, for seekers, and for wanderers engaged in their own search. We sincerely hope you enjoy it.
For best results, listen while in the throes of a mescalin binge and lost in the pitiless freeze of the desert night air.
Further information: "Come Midnight..." was recorded and mixed at the renown Studios 301 by Tim Carr, who has previously worked with Matt Corby, George Pajon (The Black Eyed Peas), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), INXS, The Herd and The Cat Empire - as well as a plethora of Australian underground luminaries. Mastering was handled by Andrew Edgson (John Butler, Angus and Julia Stone, Matt Corby) also of Studios 301.
"Come Midnight..." will be available from Art As Catharsis, Ozium Records, Birds Robe Collective, Utopia Records, Repressed Records, Black Wire Records and iTunes – as well as directly from the band - as of 16 July 2012.
About Adrift for Days: Adrift for Days formed in late 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Their debut album “The Lunar Maria” was released in August 2010 to widespread critical acclaim, gaining attention from Metal Hammer, Heavy Magazine, Unbelievably Bad Magazine, Metal Obsession, Pop-Rock.com, Drum Media, Mind Over Metal, Metal Rules, Music Feeds, Doommantia and many more publications.
The band have further distinguished themselves on Australia’s live circuit, having played with a huge variety of bands including Cough, Rosetta, Acid King, sleepmakeswaves, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, Whitehorse, Meniscus, Breaking Orbit, Helm, Lo!, Space Bong, Five Star Prison Cell, Sydonia, Jericco, and Electric Horse.
Adrift for Days tour dates 13 July at the John Curtin Hotel, Melbourne with Mushroom Giant, Spider Goat Canyon, Roussemoff.
14 July at Enigma Bar, Adelaide with Space Bong, Hydromedusa, Leather Messiah.
10 August at The Lansdowne Hotel with Space Bong (SA), Summonus, and We Lost the Sea.
