Whatever, it’s my show. I can throw 16 Horsepower in between Genghis Tron and Yawning Sons if I want. I can start with a 19-minute West Coast jam from Terry Gross, followed by a 12-minute Swedish jam from CB3 followed by a 15-minute jam from Croatian bizarros The Freak Folk of Mangrovia followed by nine minutes of pummeling noise from Gangrened. You don’t care. Don’t pretend you do. The weirder this show gets the better it gets as far as I’m concerned.

So yeah, there’s some Ulcerate after Coma Wall. Maybe incongruity is fun sometimes. I think so, and again, even if you’re reading this, you don’t give a crap. You’ll either listen or you won’t. My show’s on after the artist-hosted stretches, which is primo positioning as far as Friday goes — frickin’ drive-time, if such a thing still exists — and most of what I hear from people is that The Pecan sounds cute. Well, he is cute. I’m pretty sure that’s how children don’t get abandoned in the woods more often. They’re cute.

What were we talking about? The show. Right. Whatever. It’s fucking awesome. Yeah, I hope you dig it. Okay. You got me. It matters to me. Fine.

Thanks for listening and/or reading.

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Full playlist:

The Obelisk Show – 02.05.20

Terry Gross	Space Voyage Mission	Soft Opening
CB3	Acid Haze	Aeons Live Session
The Freak Folk of Mangrovia	Lunar Ritual	Temple of the Second Moon
Gangrened	Triptaani	Deadly Algorithm
Dozer	Vinegar Fly	Vultures
Holy Monitor	Naked in the Rain	Southern Lights
Coma Wall	Breathe in the Ether	Ursa Minor
Ulcerate	Stare into Death and Be Still	Stare into Death and Be Still
Blind Monarch	Blind Monarch	What is Imposed Must Be Endured
Genghis Tron	Dream Weapon	Dream Weapon
16 Horsepower	Wayfaring Stranger	Secret South
Yawning Sons	Shadows and Echoes	Sky Island
Wolvennest	Disappear	Temple

The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is Feb. 19 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.

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Feb. 26 is the release date for Holy Monitor‘s third album, Southern Lights, through Blackspin Records/Primitive Music, and the offering brings eight songs of engaging, calmer-than-you-are heavy psychedelic warmth as the Athenian five-piece engage touches of proggy keys and rhythms amid a bed of languid fuzz. They hypnotize immediately with “River” and though “Naked in the Rain,” which follows, is a little more uptempo, the spacious vibe is prevalent and resonant in kind, and that continues throughout the rest of Southern Lights that follows; tonal presence and rhythmic motion seeking not to crush or overwhelm, but more to accompany the listener on an outward-directed journey.

Patient and fluid, each half of the manageable 39-minute LP opens with its longest track — side B’s rousing “The Sky is Falling Down” is the longest song at 7:37 — and as much as Southern Lights feels like it’s moving toward space, it’s hard to ignore the watery themes set by “River,” “Naked in the Rain,” “Blue Whale,” and the closing pair “Ocean Trail” and “Under the Sea.” For a band who issued This Desert Land as an EP last year, they would seem to be changing it up in terms of setting. So be it. Accompanied by the cosmic “Hourglass” and the title-track, Holy Monitor offer a richness malleable to any number of elements.

You can dive into the track at the bottom of this post. I didn’t mean for this to turn into an album review, but I guess that happens sometimes. In any case, “Naked in the Rain” represents it well, so hopefully you dig it too.

Info follows:

Holy Monitor – Southern Lights

‘Naked in the Rain’ is inspired by the traditional music of Epirus and the Bacchanalian frenzied rites. Holy Monitor’s wild, intoxicating psychedelic groove vibes triggered by elaborately carved soundscapes take listeners into hedonistic, mad dance to exorcise the rain and revolt against reality. This Bacchic ritual to the sun symbolizes the human need to rebirth, the ecstatic loss of self, a provocative critique of conformity.

Athens’ quintet, Holy Monitor will release their eagerly awaited third album ‘Southern Lights’ on 26 February 2021 on Blackspin/Primitive Music, an astonishing and affecting follow up to their 2020 critically acclaimed EP release, ‘This Desert Land’.

Holy Monitor is a music collective blending space rock with repeatable psyched riffs & beats and ambient sensibility. The band originates from Athens, Greece and founded in the summer of 2015 by guitarist Stefanos Mitsis and singer/guitarist George Nikas, as a studio project. After recording and releasing “Golden Light” and “Aeolus” EP’s, the band was joined by Alex Bolpasis (bass), Vangelis Mitsis (keyboards) and Dimitris Doumouliakas (drums) and started performing live as a five-piece. Their self-titled album was released in 2017 by Blackspin Records/Primitive Music.

Blending motorik kraut rhythms, hypnotic vocals and sticky guitar riffs, the band creates an environment of cosmic-space feelings, leading the audience into a bright sonic swirl of psychedelic oscillations. Their sophomore album “II” was released in 2018 by Blackspin Records/Primitive Music. Applying new elements of frenzy psychedelia and classy motorik riffs succeed to build a symmetric kraut pattern surrounded from unstoppable groovy vibes.

Tracklist:
1. River
2. Naked In The Rain
3. Blue Whale
4. Southern Lights
5. The Sky Is Falling Down
6. Hourglass
7. Ocean Trail
8. Under The Sea

Holy Monitor is:
George Nikas: Vocals, Guitars
Stefanos Mitsis: Guitars
Alex Bolpasis: Bass
Vangelis Mitsis: Keys
Dimitris Doumouliakas: Drums

https://www.facebook.com/holymonitor/
https://www.instagram.com/holymonitor/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/40sQBIpuOUdXrZ8EZNbiif
https://holymonitor.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/blackspin.gr
https://www.blackspin.gr/
https://www.facebook.com/PrimitiveMusicGr/
https://primitivemusic.gr/

Holy Monitor, “Naked in the Rain” official track premiere