Spaceslug Post “Half-Moon Burns” Video; Reign of the Orion out Now
This past Friday, Polish three-piece Spaceslug offered up their latest release, Reign of the Orion (review here), through Kozmik Artifactz and BSFD Records as their second outing of the year behind participating earlier in 2019 in a four-way split with all-Polish acts. They present Reign of the Orion as an EP, and where I’ll argue all day long that it’s in fact an album — if a shorter one than the one they put out before it, 2018’s Eye the Tide (review here) — in my most honest assessment I’m just an old dingus sitting at a laptop clacky-clackying away in the middle of the night and I don’t know shit about shit, man. Leave that shit to the shit-knowers.
“Half-Moon Burns,” with a new video by Chariot of Black Moth, is an important moment on Reign of the Orion — full-length or not. Eye the Tide was a crucial moment for Spaceslug in that it saw them bring in more aggressive undertones to what had previously been a more laid back heavy psychedelic feel. Their first two albums were jammier, more languid, where Eye the Tide dared to touch on extreme metal in a way that didn’t necessarily let go entirely of the lysergic vibe either. The result was gorgeous and it’s precisely upon that foundation that “Half-Moon Burns.” The shouts that come through intertwined with the sort of droning cleaner vocals are emblematic of this approach, and it works in terms of the sheer sound as well as on an aesthetic level. It’s somewhat less distinctly blackened than were those moments on Eye the Tide, but “Half-Moon Burns” gets the point across that Spaceslug have no interest in ceasing their exploration on multiple fronts, and that their efforts are only growing more cohesive as time — and not that much of it, mind you; remember Eye the Tide came out last year — passes.
Look. I know that in a given week or even on a given day, sometimes I write about a lot of bands. They’re not all Spaceslug, and at this point I feel pretty confident in saying I know the difference when a band is onto something special in their craft, or sound, or general approach to the work. If you haven’t given these guys a shot yet because maybe you saw the name and you were like, “yeah, another stoner band” or whatever other reason, at this point you’re missing out, but it’s not at all too late. Just take a listen and see how this one hits you. If you’ve got time to leave a comment, I’d love to know what you think.
Please enjoy:
Spaceslug, “Half-Moon Burns” official video
We present “Half-Moon Burns” with music video by Chariot Of Black Moth. Taken from the EP “Reign Of The Orion” out December 6th, 2019.
“Reign Of The Orion” will be available as CD / LP and digital album.
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Love these guys. At least on Eye the Tide, I found their songs hit the right ingredients, as you say. Mellow space-cruising jams that kind of go into hyper-drive here and there, and you’re right, it gets real heavy, kind of like you fell off the cosmic edge and down a thundering black hole.
Can’t wait to check out the EP!
Heard this song on SMOD channel and I can’t shake it! Don’t want to play it too much, but it’s amazing! Especially the scream directly after the Bladerunner quote! Different and amazing sound coming from this band for sure.