The Long Hunt Premiere “The Cosmic Egg” Video; Natural Order Out July 18
Pittsburgh drone rock instrumentalists The Long Hunt will self-release their fourth album, Natural Order, on July 18. The eight-track outing continues the trio’s collaboration with Matt Very, who mastered their 2022 third LP, Threshold Wanderer (review here) and who recorded along with The Long Hunt guitarist Trevor Richards, and runs a deceptively taut 38 minutes while casting vivid impressions in sound. To be sure, it is a whole-album affect and an overarching flow becomes an essential component of their approach, letting the intended immersion of the listener happen early in the brief “It Hunts the Shadows” before “The Cosmic Egg” (video premiering below) finds Richards, bassist Allison Kacmar Richards and drummer Mark Lyons pairing Neurosis-circa-The–Eye–of–Every–Storm-style ambience with more straightforward chug and a crescendo of angular starts and stops.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the three-piece spend some time in conversation with Earth. Particularly, centerpiece “Spine of Dusk” has a wistfulness to its lead lines that feels like it was perhaps printed in the infernal method, but the more loosely psychedelic lean of “Assiduous Gnaw” beforehand presents a different context, plotted and thoughtful with a touch of Pelican-y fuzz in the second half, and in both songs, The Long Hunt retain the ability to bring their own spin to their influences. “Assiduous Gnaw” takes off on one of the most satisfying nods Natural Order has to offer, and the slower amble of “Spine of Dusk” comes across as more dynamic for it. The entire album is sequenced like this, so that one song feeds off the next and the whole procession becomes richer as you go. This tells you it was made to be heard front-to-back, and at 38 minutes, The Long Hunt have for sure 
done their diligence in making that manageable for the listener.
“Tooth and Claw” is patient, progressive and heavy in kind, with the densest tonality the band has yet had on offer and a resonant churn happening in the mix from the midsection break onward, adding emphasis to the rhythm of the song as it moves through its noisy finish into the bass-and-drum comedown carries into the residual drone that finishes ahead of “The Liminal Flow.” The penultimate cut calls back a bit to “Spine of Dusk,” but becomes more active than it first appears as Richards builds tension in the guitar and the band hold their push, not overbearing or out of place with what’s come before, but still offering something new as they move toward the end of Natural Order with “A Narrow Path.”
Stick clicks count in a gentle fuzz as The Long Hunt round out in contemplative fashion. Post-grunge flourish emerges from the guitar, keeping in line with where the band have been up to this point, and an ambling sway complements. Although it’s tied for being the longest inclusion on Natural Order at 5:38 (with “Assiduous Gnaw”), “A Narrow Path” presents itself half as an epilogue for the entire LP, and it serves that function well; not necessarily by summarizing the sprawl the band have enacted or the opportunity for immersion they’ve given their audience, but by attending once more to the atmosphere wrought by their subdued pacing and mellow vibes. They are heavy in presence and groove throughout, but obviously working under an expanded definition of what that means.
The on-theme video for “The Cosmic Egg” premieres on the player below, followed by more from the PR wire.
Please enjoy:
The Long Hunt, “The Cosmic Egg” video premiere
The official music video for The Long Hunt’s new song “The Cosmic Egg” from the album “Natural Order” – out July 18, 2025.
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Building upon the foundation set from previous work, the band expands its signature all-instrumental sound across eight new tracks of post-psychedelic drone-doom. Dense fuzzed-out guitars give way to sparse interludes and textured minimalism with driving bass and drums creating a firmament encapsulating sprawling sonic landscapes. The exclusion of vocals and lyrics allows ample space for the listener to create their own worlds to explore.
The album was recorded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the Spring of 2024 by Matt Very (Very Tight Recordings) and Trevor Richards. Mastered by Dave Polster at Well Made Music in Bristol, Virginia. Limited vinyl release pressed through Hellbender Vinyl.
Tracklist:
1. It Hunts The Shadows
2. The Cosmic Egg
3. Assiduous Gnaw
4. Spine of Dusk
5. Tooth and Claw
6. The Liminal Flow
7. A Narrow Path
8. Pillar of Dawn
The Long Hunt is:
Trevor Richards: Guitar
Allison Kacmar Richards: Bass
Mark Lyons: Drums
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