Cough to Release Still They Pray on June 3; New Song Streaming
Virginian doomers Cough return after six years with their new album, Still They Pray, which is due out June 3 via Relapse Records and was produced by Jus Oborn of Electric Wizard and recorded by Oborn and Garrett Morris of Windhand. As the Richmond troupe — now past a decade of existence — share bassist/vocalist Parker Chander with Windhand and draw a primary influence from Electric Wizard, these seem like especially reasonable choices to make. Their sophomore outing, Ritual Abuse (review here), served as their Relapse debut and was hugely received. It’s been a while, but it should be interesting to see how Still They Pray is met upon its arrival in June.
If you’d like a preview, the song “The Wounding Hours” is streaming below, and if you’re hyper-organized, there are preorder links as well.
Just off the PR wire:
COUGH Announces New Album Still They Pray; New Track “The Wounding Hours” Now Playing
After a five-year break, Richmond’s COUGH has returned with their newest opus, Still They Pray. Produced by Electric Wizard’s Jus Oborn and recorded by Oborn and Windhand’s Garrett Morris, Still They Pray is the kind of monolithic, cosmic doom that will take the listener to the heights of despair and the bottom of the abyss. With this release, COUGH summons psychedelic, feedback-driven melodies just to deconstruct them to their core. Still They Pray is easily COUGH at their most focused: pessimistic riffs and tortured grooves collide in melodic agony alongside a hallucinogenic blend of harsh and clean incantations, crushing and cathartic yet utterly mesmerizing. Step through the gates of madness and stare into the void.
Still They Pray is set for release via Relapse Records on CD/2xLP/Digital this coming June 3rd. Physical preorders and bundle deals are available via Relapse.com HERE, and digital copies can be preordered through COUGH’s Bandcamp page at THIS LOCATION.
Still They Pray
Track Listing:
1. Haunter Of The Dark
2. Possession
3. Dead Among The Roses
4. Masters Of Torture
5. Let It Bleed
6. Shadow Of The Torturer
7. The Wounding Hours
8. Still They Pray
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