Grin to Release New Album Acid Gods May 30
I just got the new Grin album, Acid Gods, and though it’s only been 13 months since the band last released a full-length — that being Feb. 2024’s Hush (review here) — there’s an immediately apparent twist in approach as the committed-DIY partnered duo of Jan Oberg and Sabine Oberg move past the willfull rawness of their fourth LP toward a fuller interpretation of sludge in their fifth.
So just what the hell does “fuller” mean here? I’m listening to Acid Gods for the first time as I write this — opener “Black Dye” just ended, “Nocturno” hits a stride moving into its middle, etc. — and in addition to Jan easing on the harshness of his vocals ever so slightly and the tones and sounds growing more atmospheric. It’s not a stark change in direction upending their work to-date. They’re plenty forceful throughout and they cap with the two-minutes-each pairing of “Nebulas,” which is more psych, and “Heavy Dew,” which has more crunch, as if to emphasize where they’re at and what’s still at the core of their sound.
In addition to doubling as Earth Ship and that pandemic-era kindness they did as Slowshine, in addition to recording themselves at Hidden Planet Studio and releasing their own material through The Lasting Dose Records, which is also home to Daevar (whose new LP came out Friday, hoping to review), Caffeine and a growing roster of others, Grin also aren’t shy about getting out and touring, so you should probably expect European dates to come.
Meanwhile, I’m gonna go back and dig into the album, which seems like it’s going to offer plenty for the digging.
Here’s PR wire info:
GRIN – NEW ALBUM ALERT!
“Acid Gods” drops on May 30, 2025, via The Lasting Dose Records.
Listen to the first single „Nocturno“ right now and pre-order your copy here: https://grincult.bandcamp.com/album/acid-gods
„With their continuously evolving sound, GRIN are a beacon of boundless creativity in the scene and “Acid Gods” is new testament to their artistry. On “Acid Gods” everything is just more. The intensity of the riffs, the boldness of the vocals, the heaviness of the bass and the detailed crunch of the production. Every GRIN album will have you wondering if this band can get any heavier (or better) and the answer is always YES.“ – R. Westerveld
Tracklisting:
1. Black Dye
2. Nocturno
3. Drag Me Down
4. Beneath The Altar
5. Crystals
6. Unshut
7. Slivers
8. Wild Eyes
9. Nebulas
10. Heavy Dew
All music written and performed by GRIN
Recorded at HIDDEN PLANET STUDIO / Berlin
Produced, mixed and mastered by J. Oberg
Drawings by Dawid M. Piprek
Design & Layout by Caspar Orfgen (DAEVAR)
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S. Oberg – Bass Guitar
J. Oberg – Drums, Vocals
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Always a good day to learn these guys are still putting out punishingly heavy tunes.