…Or “Cross Doubt,” more appropriately.

It seems that while my back was turned (blink and you’ll miss it), Mascot Records went ahead and pushed back the release date for the new Masters of Reality album, Pine/Cross Dover. Again.

I remember being so psyched last year around this time when the press release came in that Chris Goss was done recording and the CD would be out in July. Hell, I couldn’t wait. Then it was October, then December, then March, now it’s August. “24/08/2009” to quote the Mascot site. Here’s the rest of what they had to say for themselves:

Pine/Cross Dover, the long awaited new album by Masters of Reality!! Expect an album filled with new killer songs in style of Deep in the Hole and older albums.. Dessert rock at it’s best.

As if the fact that the release date keeps getting moved didn’t say enough that the label doesn’t give a damn, they throw in the half-assed addage that it’s going to sound like Deep in the Hole — oh yeah, Josh Homme all over this one too? — ending that sentence with two periods, as if to show they really mean it. The real kicker, though, is “Dessert rock.”

Really? Really?? Dessert rock? What is this, the chocolate chip cookies and ice cream cake of stoner jams? Is that supposed to be some kind of dig on Goss‘ weight? Because, seriously, that’s not cool.

But I’m sure it isn’t anything like that. It’s just that the label doesn’t give a fuck and so didn’t bother to spell “desert” correctly. Considering they’re not bothering to put the album out either, that’s a minor gripe. What a disappointment.

Tags: Chris Goss, Mascot, Masters of Reality, Sad shit

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