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The Cosmic Dead & Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Split Due in November

Posted in Whathaveyou on October 4th, 2013 by JJ Koczan

As we move into the weekend, looking back at the responsibilities we’ve shirked over the last five days — wave bye-bye! — what could be better to drift away with than 40-odd minutes of glorious space jamming? To that end, I bring notice of a new split between Scottish instrumentalists The Cosmic Dead and British outfit Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, whose name gets more and more satisfying to type every time I do it. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. Yup. I can work with that.

They’re doing it up on vinyl through The Old Noise — pre-orders are available — but both tracks are available to stream now, so if you don’t want to wait to bask in a sampling of the exploratory fuzz, there’s no need to delay. You’ll find the player at bottom under the following PR wire info about the release:

The Cosmic Dead / Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Split 12” on 180g virgin vinyl

TON001 – Available 8th November 2013

The premiere release on Newcastle UK label The Old Noise sees two analogous bands form a split release kinship through astral projection and sonic charged travel. Glasgow’s The Cosmic Dead and Newcastle’s Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs offer two 20 minute plus tracks of aural yin and yang.

Following a highly successful performance at this year’s Roadburn festival, The Cosmic Dead return with their now familiar sound of smoked out space-rock fuzz. ‘Djamba’ gently drifts on an entrancing wave of psyched out hypno-dub bliss before the quartet rocket out of the atmosphere with all the vitality and spirit they are revered for. The Cosmic Dead are renowned for effortlessly combining swirling synth and spaced out guitar reverberation with orbiting, memorising groove, all of which are expertly balanced throughout ‘Djamba’.

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs’ offering is their debut recording, ‘The Wizard & the Seven Swines’. Where The Cosmic Dead provide a smooth ascension into the cosmos, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs head full throttle into a black hole. The north east anglo travellers propel into their doomed voyage with pulsating motorik rhythm and 70s crunch. ‘The Wizard & the Seven Swines’ reaches its final destination with apocalyptic riffs and nihilistic mantra.

Both sides mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, SunnO))), Earth). Artwork by Joe Hodgkiss.

Pre-orders at: www.theoldnoise.co.uk

Released by Newcastle label The Old Noise, its limited to a run of just 300 copies. The release date is November 8th, for which there will be a launch concert at the Head of Steam in Newcastle. (more details on that gig here)

Tracklisting:
Side A – Djamba (The Cosmic Dead)
Side B – The Wizard & The Seven Swines (Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs)

The Cosmic Dead, “Djamba”

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