Mythic Sunship Set Sept. 30 Release for Light/Flux
In a convenient bit of timing, in between starting the back end for this post and sitting down to actually write this part of it, the promo for Mythic Sunship‘s new album, Light/Flux, came down the PR wire. Listening to it for the first time as I set fingers to keyboard, its psych-jazz reinventions and varied purposes in heavy psychedelic exploration feel in line with and expanded outward from where the Danish outfit were on last year’s aptly-named Wildfire (review here).
Their sound is growing more unmistakable even as it becomes more encompassing, and in the brooding guitar-forward jam of “Blood Moon,” the tense, wobbly-sax-go of “Tempest” and the serenity-until-it’s-a-freakout of the 10-minute “Decomposition,” Mythic Sunship continue to execute with a sense of class that is entirely their own and balances well against the organic feel of their tones and groove. It’s a record you can get into, and I know that because I’ve just lost 20 minutes sitting here, staring at this screen while listening.
More to come? Shit, I hope so. Light/Flux releases on Sept. 30 through Tee Pee Records, and you can stream the aforementioned “Tempest” now, penultimate on the album as it is to the duly Decemberish “First Frost.” Preorders are up if you’d like to get a jump on your Fall listening. Six records in,
Info and links follow:
Worship at the Altar of the Cosmos with MYTHIC SUNSHIP | New Album LIGHT/FLUX Out in September
With five acclaimed releases in as many years, Mythic Sunship have long since established themselves amongst Europe’s finest purveyors of psychedelic music, effortlessly bridging the gap between heavy riff worship and expansive, free-jazz experimentation.
This September, the Copenhagen-based quintet (and self-proclaimed practitioners of ‘Anaconda Rock’) team up once again with New York’s legendary underground label Tee Pee Records, for the release of their sixth studio album, Light/Flux.
Simultaneously opening a new chapter on their journey, while razing the very foundations on which their previous output was built, the Scandinavian outfit are notorious for erratic, visceral, untameable musical singularities unleashed through improvisatory interplay. Showcasing that essence rare in its most primal form, unlike last year’s Wildfire, Light/Flux is the result of a more composed, melodic, and harmonious process, despite retaining the band’s signature penchant for unhinged spontaneity.
Recorded in Stockholm’s legendary RMV Studios over the course of four, chilly December days, Mythic Sunship’s unique sound and approach to creating records evokes the sound of John Coltrane joining Talk Talk. Wonderful moments of melancholy and bleakness, perched perfectly amidst the traditional fiery peaks the band is so well known for.
As exhilarating and electrifying as psychedelic records come, Light/Flux showcases Mythic Sunship’s scorched-earth approach in the search for new ideas and will be released on 30th September via Tee Pee Records.
Digitally pre-save/order the album here: https://orcd.co/lightflux
Or purchase the album physically on CD/LP via Tee Pee Records here: https://teepeerecords.com/products/mythic-sunship-light-flux-lp-cd-out-9-30-22
TRACK LISTING:
1. Aurora
2. Blood Moon
3. Equinox
4. Decomposition
5. Tempest
6. First Frost
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