Grin to Release Phantom Knocks Oct. 14; New Song “Transcedence” Posted
Last time Sabine and Jan Oberg were heard from, it was under the guise of Slowshine, and frankly, it wasn’t all that long ago. Slowshine‘s debut album, Living Light (review here), came out in Oct. 2021, and it’s possible that some of that record’s spacious psychedelia has come into play for their generally-sludgier outfit together Grin, at least if the new song/visualizer for the track “Transcendence” from their upcoming Phantom Knocks LP is anything to go by. Does this mean EarthShip will release an album in 2023? Are they going to rotate through projects? That could be kind of fun.
The DIY duo will issue Phantom Knocks through their own The Lasting Dose Records on Oct. 14, and you can dig into “Transcendence” at the bottom of this post. I don’t know if you will or won’t. Depends on how much you realize you have nothing to lose by doing so and perhaps another preorder to gain. So there.
This info came down the PR wire a bit ago, so I’m behind as usual, but unless they drop a second single like… now… I’m not going to worry about it. Still current till it’s not.
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Heavy Psych-Doom Couple GRIN Announces New Album “Phantom Knocks” And Shares Colossal, First Song “Transcendence”!
Nothing has changed yet everything is different when it comes to Phantom Knocks, the third full-length album of heavy psych-doom outfit GRIN. October 14, 2022 will see the Berlin-based duo consisting of the unshakeable power couple Jan and Sabine Oberg (Earth Ship, Slowshine) return with a collection of eight shamanic desert rituals that emanate from the mysterious space between the supernatural and the extraterrestrial.
The manic tribal beat of album opener “Transcendence” comes rolling in like a psychic thunderstorm, extrapolating the collision of millions of tiny aqueous ions to the mighty thunder of Sabine Oberg’s bass, which continues to send seismic shockwaves throughout the rest of the album to leave you shaking on your feet. Meanwhile Jan Oberg’s clean voice and spectral grunts create a haze through which high pitched droning guitars fade in and out, like tones of supernatural frequencies cutting through the haze of reality. Phantom Knocks takes you on a rocking ride across shifting extraterrestrial desertscapes, while your spirit flies high above in a mystic transportation through the astral plane.
The groundwork of GRIN’s trademark heavy drum and bass sound was already laid as early as their 2018 debut album Revenant, which is no surprise, since Jan and Sabine have been actively making heavy riff-laden tunes for over ten years. Their second album Translucent Blades (2020) further solidified GRIN’s brand of sludgy psychedelic doom metal with the addition of high pitched guitar drones and eerie soundscapes. Again recorded in Jan Oberg’s own Hidden Planet Studio, Phantom Knocks has the same earth-shattering qualities as its predecessors, but is in every way more vivid and more powerful, aptly demonstrating how the Berliners have perfected their chemistry.
Phantom Knocks is slated for a CD, Tape Cassette and Digital release on October 14, 2022, with a Vinyl release to follow in the Spring of 2023. The album will be issued by the band’s own label imprint The Lasting Dose Records, pre-save your copy at THIS LOCATION: https://thelastingdoserecords.bandcamp.com/
(Album Artwork by Manuel Lambertz)
Phantom Knocks track listing:
01. Transcendence
02. Shiver
03. Aporia
04. Arcane
05. Apex
06. Rivulets
07. Servants
08. Spectral
GRIN Line-Up:
Sabine Oberg – Bass Guitar
Jan Oberg – Drums, Vocals, Guitars, Soundscapes
Additional Musician: René Noçon – Hammond Organ on ARCANE
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