Haurun to Release Debut Album Wilting Within on Small Stone Records & Kozmik Artifactz
I accidentally stumbled on this release yesterday while I was kicking around on Bandcamp, and it was a welcome thing to find. Spacey vibe, atmospheric heavy, rich tones and melodies in the single all making for an album I didn’t know I was looking forward to. Wilting Within will be the first long-player from Oakland, California-based Haurun, and it will be out on Sept. 22 through Small Stone and Kozmik Artifactz. The song at the bottom of this post is the six-and-a-half-minute “Lunar,” which is the second cut on the vinyl edition and fifth on the CD/DL, so I guess its flow goes where it has to go, but obviously I don’t know yet how it works alongside the other songs. That’s the whole ‘looking forward to the record’ part. I guess we’ll get there.
Until then, here’s to a bit of oh-what’s-this and the righteousness that can result from following those impulses to meander. From the PR wire:
HAURUN: California Heavy Psych Collective To Release Wilting Within Debut September 22nd Via Small Stone Recordings; New Track Streaming + Preorders Available
Oakland, California-based heavy psych collective HAURUN will release their spellbinding debut full-length, Wilting Within, September 22nd via Small Stone Recordings.
Haurun is the product of five musicians with a love of dark tones and psychedelia. Through the mysterious world of Craigslist, Joel Panton (guitar) and Eliot Rennie (drums) began writing music in 2018 with shared influences of Black Sabbath, Earth, and Kyuss. After a long and challenging search to find the right musicians, they banded together with Lyra Cruz (vocals), Daniel Schwiderski (guitar), and Joel Lacey (bass) to deliver a sound that’s heavy whilst deeply emotive.
Emerging from the cloud of a covid pandemic, Haurun are releasing their debut album ‘Wilting Within’ for Small Stone Records. All tracks were recorded and engineered with the mighty Phil Becker (El Studio, SF) who captured the intensity and melodic soundscape of Haurun’s live performance. Finishing it all off, Eric Hoegemeyer (Tree Laboratory, NY) and Chris Goosman (Baseline Audio, MI) worked their alchemical magic in mixing and mastering.
Wilting Within is a journey through layers of slow burning verses and expansive choruses, infused with the enchanting power of Lyra’s vocals. Haurun transcends genres, blending the hypnotic riffs of doom metal and the gritty essence of grunge to deliver a fresh sound, casting psychedelic spells on the listener.
Wilting Within will be released on CD and digitally via Small Stone Recordings and on limited vinyl via Kozmik Artifactz. For preorders, visit THIS LOCATION: https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/wilting-within
Tracklisting:
1. Abyss
2. Lost & Found
3. Tension
4. Flying Low
5. Lunar
6. Soil
Vinyl Tracklisting:
Side 1:
1. Abyss – (08:27)
2. Lunar – (06:30)
3. Tension – (07:41)
Side 2:
1. Flying Low – (05:20)
2. Lost & Found – (05:55)
3. Soil – (11:03)
Wilting Within was recorded and engineered with the mighty Phil Becker at El Studio in San Francisco, California who captured the intensity and melodic soundscape of HAURUN’s live performance. Eric Hoegemeyer at the Tree Laboratory in Brooklyn, New York and Chris Goosman at Baseline Audio in Ann Arbor, Michigan worked their alchemical magic in mixing and mastering. Design and Artwork by Orion Landau. All music by Haurun. Lyrics by Lyra Cruz. Published by SH Small Stone Music (BMI).
Haurun is:
Lyra Cruz: vocals
Joel Paul Lacey: bass
Daniel Schwiderski: guitar
Joel Panton: guitar
Eliot Rennie: drums
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