It was raining before, then slushing, and now it’s full-blown snowing here in the valley. Early this year, and it might well turn back to rain before this is posted. Nonetheless, just as springtime means Amorphis, summer means C.O.C. and fall (of course) means Type O Negative‘s October Rust, winter too has its own seasonal specialties, and perhaps my favorite of them is Anathema.

Not to say I don’t listen to them other times of the year, and ditto for all the bands above, but somehow Anathema are just more appropriate when it’s freezing, dark and miserable. Go figure. I don’t know when or if the UK melo-rockers are going to put out their long awaited new record. It’s a mystery. In the meantime, here’s the video for “Pressure” from 2001’s A Fine Day to Exit:

Tags: Anathema, UK

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