Josiah Announce New LP We Lay on Cold Stone out July 15
First of all, I love the psych-band-doing-Celtic-Frost-cosplay of Josiah‘s new promo pic. I actually interviewed Mathew Bethancourt last week and forgot to ask him about it, but we talked for a while about the upcoming We Lay on Cold Stone in addition to the band’s reissues out this week and next on Heavy Psych Sounds. As for this album, well, that was discussed in the main a while back for the PostWax liner notes which I can’t seem to stop writing — my ego, ugh; I despise myself — but for the purposes of this post, let me just say I’ve heard this record, lived with it for a while now and it’s not just the cover and promo pic that kick ass. There are a whole lot of people who are going to know who Josiah are by the end of this year who were not previously aware. Perhaps that’s you, too.
Look for that interview I think next Monday with streams of all the current reissues and note that they’ve got Jack Dickinson from Stubb on bass now and it’s been well over a decade since the last Josiah offering, unless you count their debut EP reissue, which was last year. That does not, of course, mean that Bethancourt hasn’t been active. If you’ve never dug into Cherry Choke, you’re in for a treat should you take this chance to do so, and his work in the more recent solo-project Mathew’s Hidden Museum is a delight of bizarre psychedelic treasures born of genuine experimentation.
But all these things can and will be discussed another time. For now, info from the PR wire:
JOSIAH to issue new album ‘We Lay On Cold Stone’ on Blues Funeral Recordings; preorder and first single available!
UK’s heavy psych legends JOSIAH return this summer with their first album in over a decade, to be released on Blues Funeral Recordings! ‘We Lay On Cold Stone’ will be available worldwide on July 15th, and supported by performances at Desertfest London and Black Deer Festival. Watch their brand new “Saltwater” video now!
Blues Funeral Recordings recently announced their special collaboration with JOSIAH to release the UK trio’s new studio album as part of their revered PostWax II vinyl subscription series.
Forging ahead to reclaim their legacy as some of the earliest architects of lysergic heavy psych, JOSIAH return in 2022 with the exultant ‘We Lay on Cold Stone’. Emerging re-energized and in peak form, the band sear forth with a barrage of irresistible hooks and tripped-out riff-romps, utterly new yet subtly infused with vintage flashes of Cream and Grand Funk. Striding boldly into a new era, JOSIAH confidently claim a place amid modern titans of psychedelic heavy rock like Earthless, Kadavar, The Atomic Bitchwax and Graveyard, asserting vast gravitas in a style they helped create.
Frontman Mathew Bethancourt declares: “We Lay On Cold Stone has been a long time coming. Perpetual dawn, finally risen. The writing spans years, and the collective pulse of the tracks, lifetimes. Recorded with purpose and heart for all the seekers who wish to hear. The resurrection is truly upon us! I’ve come to realize that every song is an opportunity. It’s a chance to push some buttons and maybe get people to think in a different way. Saltwater speaks of acceptance. Accepting the fact we drank way too deep from this earth and had a ball doing it. Feel no self-pity as you sit amongst the ruins of fear. Embrace your fate. You earned it.”
‘We Lay On Cold Stone’ will be available worldwide on July 15th, 2022 (with the ultra-limited PostWax edition shipping exclusively to PostWax Vol. II subscribers in May).
Preorder now via Blues Funeral Recordings website and Bandcamp: https://www.bluesfuneral.com/
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Subscribe to the PostWax II series here: https://www.bluesfuneral.com/collections/postwax
New album ‘We Lay On Cold Stone’ Out July 15th on Blues Funeral Recordings
TRACKLIST:
1. Rats (To The Bitter End)
2. Saltwater
3. Let The Lambs See The Knife
4. Cut Them Free
5. We Are Not Real
6. The Bitter End
Upcoming live shows:
23.04.22 – Salty Dog, Northwich (UK)
30.04.22 – Desertfest London (UK)
18.06.22 – Black Deer Festival, Eridge (UK)
Josiah album line-up:
Mathew Bethancourt – guitar and vocals (bass on side A)
Sie Beasley – bass & vocals (side B)
Dan Lockton – drums
Josiah are:
Mathew Bethancourt / Guitar & Vocal
Jack Dickinson / Bass
Dan Lockton / Drums
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