Currently becoming re-fixated on Sunn O)))'s 2009 EPIC Monoliths and Dimensions.
This was my introduction to Sunn O))); I'd seen references to the band on the Freak Angels Whitechapel board (RIP) that had me curious, so I was primed. I was a subscriber to Wire magazine at the time, and their April 2009 issue had Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson on the cover for the release of Monoliths, so that was my inciting incident. The rest, as they say, is history. I've kept up with the band to a degree, but nothing I've heard by them has ever hit me as hard as the arranging on this one.
NCBD:
More excited about this week's pull list than any in a while; that could all drain away if Diamond continues to lag on actually getting the books still entrusted to their care into shops. I'm waiting on three books from the new year - What's the Furthest Place From Here #21, Barstow #2, and TMNT #6. I understand that the company is struggling, but come on.
Okay, enough bitchin' already. Let's get into this week's books!
"Harley Creed is a bad man. He used to be worse. A violent ex-con with a string of brutal crimes in his past, he only wanted one thing when he finally walked free from prison: to leave Briar Falls, WV, behind and disappear forever. But Harley’s hometown has a strange way of swallowing people whole—call it a consequence of the low-level folk magic that has permeated its darker corners for generations. And now that Harley has returned, pent-up vengeance for his past crimes is about to come roaring back. Somebody has put a hex on him—and Harley has seven days before he dies in twisted, screaming agony. To reverse it, Harley must find and kill his unseen enemy before their curse can reap its terrible end. But in Briar Falls, there's no shortage of suspects—and Harley is coming for them all. If can't have peace, at least he can have revenge."
I haven't read a lot of Justin Jordan's work, which is an oversight on my part. I miss the guy's voice - Luther Strode is so very near and dear to my heart. Can't wait to give this a shot.
This, like all Z News, will be on hold at my shop in Chicago, so it'll be a minute. Just knowing this is out there waiting for me makes me smile, though.
Play:
A Metroidvania based on the Beast of Gevaudan? Sign me up!
Hitting Switch this summer. Read the full skinny over on Bloody Disgusting!
Playlist:
Tangerine Dream - Sorceror OST
Gazelle Twin - Fear Keeps Us Alive (Beak> Mix; single)
Windhand - Eponymous
Boy Harsher - Careful
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Dreamkid - Eponymous
Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
Perturbator - Lustful Sacraments
D'Nell - 1st Magic (truncated, youtube playlist version*)
* See tomorrow's post
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• IX: The Hermit
• Nine of Swords
• Two of Pentacles
Isolation can seem like a good thing for perspective and concentration, however, it can lead to overwhelmingly destruction thoughts. If this occurs, confide in another.
