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Samothrace Begin Work on Second Album

If modern science has shown us anything, it’s that the next best thing to an album that’s one long song is an album that’s two long songs, and that’s just what Seattle-by-way-of-Kansas doomers Samothrace have promised to deliver with their sophomore full-length, due out next year on 20 Buck Spin. It’ll be four years since they released Life’s Trade, but if the included live footage is anything to go by, they haven’t lost sight of what’s important.

This came in on the PR wire a couple days ago, but I wanted to make sure it got posted, timely or not:

After nearly four years without a new release, ambidextrous sludge purveyors Samothrace were in Soundhouse Studios in their hometown of Seattle with producer Brandon Fitzsimmons (ex-Wormwood) to begin the recording of their second LP.

Samothrace issued the following collective statement about the recording process: “Working on this album at Soundhouse Studios with Brandon Fitzsimmons is amazing. We were fortunate enough to use the Rolls Royce of analog tape machines. The sound of rolling thunder was an inspiration during the whole process. The songs are as soaring and turbulent as the last album, but a bit more mature. We can’t wait for its release and imminent touring to follow.”

The LP will tentatively bear two side-long tracks, “When We Emerged” and “A Horse of Our Own.” The hymn “When We Emerged” originally appeared on the band’s 2007 demo in a much shorter and raw form, and has here been completely reworked and extended into a new song.

The album — its title still TBA — will be released by mid-2012 via 20 Buck Spin, who also released Samothrace‘s praised 2008 debut full-length, Life’s Trade. More info on the new album will be available in the coming weeks.

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2 Responses to “Samothrace Begin Work on Second Album”

  1. doomborn says:

    finally!

  2. Mr Red says:

    Awesome news. It’s been a long time coming! I’ve been hearing the newer stuff, or at least some of it. Much faster/metal sounding versus their more traditional art-doom style, but it’s been over a year since I’ve seen them, so maybe they scrapped that stuff for something different. I guess we will see (hear)!

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