Mountain of Misery Posts New Single “Valley of Light”; The Land/Valley of Light LP Preorder Available
The part of the new Mountain of Misery single that really hits me is right around the midpoint, circa four and a half minutes in, where the steady roll that multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Kamil Ziółkowski (also Spaceslug, Palm Desert, and so on) has built up kind of starts to let itself come apart a bit. It’s the transition to a stretch of not-quite-minimal atmospherics, and of course “Valley of Light” has a crash-in waiting on the other side with due heft behind it, but that moment where Ziółkowski, as a full band might, is able to hone an organic band-in-room feel on his own, to me emphasizes a strength in both the production and writing processes. Might’ve just been one of those things that happened as the recording was underway, but it’s in there, it sounds natural, and the track is stronger for it.
Perhaps so much the better, then, that “Valley of Light” is featured on the preorders-up LP edition of Mountain of Misery‘s earlier-2024 sophomore full-length, The Land (review here). It seems to have been recorded after the album, which makes it the latest work from Ziółkowski‘s solo outfit, and all the more encouraging for the sense of progression accompanying its fluidity and dreamy/dreary melody.
Single and album stream at the bottom of the post. Info below comes from Bandcamp:
Here is The “Valley Of Lights”, the heaviest and the longest song of Mountain Of Misery. Hope you enjoy it.
This song is an addition and the last track to the vinyl version of THE LAND album. Pre-order for “The Land/Valley Of Light” (circa 46 minutes of music) is out now: https://mountainofmisery.bandcamp.com/merch
VINYL “THE LAND/VALLEY OF LIGHTS” PRE-ORDER in 2 colors (White & Transparent Pink) available at the merch site and at THE LAND site album.
Everyone who purchases Vinyl THE LAND will receive a free code to download “Valley Of Light” song via e-mail.
released June 28, 2024
Recorded by Kamil Ziółkowski at Electric Witch Mountain Recordings (March/June 2024)
Mixed & Mastered by Haldor Grunberg (Satanic Audio)
Music & Lyrics by Mountain Of Misery
Cover photo by Joshue Earle
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