Desert Records announces »Legends Of The Desert: Vol. 4« split LP with Eagle Twin and The Otolith!
Desert Records have announced »Legends Of The Desert: Vol. 4« split LP with Eagle Twin and The Otolith, which will be released on September 20th, 2024.
Tracklist:
Side A
01. Eagle Twin – Horn Vs. Halo
02. Eagle Twin – Qasida Of The Dark Doves
Side B
04. The Otolith – Crossway
05. The Otolith – Phosphene Dream
Courtesy of Desert Bloom PR:
»Legends Of The Desert: Vol. 4«
Eagle Twin and The Otolith have been announced for the fourth volume of Desert Records’ »Legends Of The Desert« split LP series. Their joint release will be out Sept. 20 with preorders through Kickstarter launching this Friday, July 26th. Pre-save HERE
Original artwork and layout by Joshua Mathus.
Eagle Twin – Side A
»Horn Vs. Halo« (11:39)
»Qasida Of The Dark Doves« (8:28)
Music: Gentry Densley and Tyler Smith
Lyrics: Gentry Densley
»Qasida Of The Dark Doves« loosely translated from ‘Casida IX. De las Palomas Oscuras’ by Federico García Lorca
The Otolith – Side B
»Crossway« (8:53)
»Phosphene Dream« (10:49)
Kim Cordray: Violin,vocals
Levi Hanna: Guitar,vocals
Andy Patterson: Drums,Percussion
Matt Brotherton: Bass,vocals
Sarah Pendleton: Violin,vocals
Songs written by The Otolith
Total run time: 39:49
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Andy Patterson at The Boar’s Nest Studio, Salt Lake City, UT.
Photo by Russel Albert Daniels
Eagle Twin is an American metal band formed in Salt Lake City, Utah by singer/guitarist Gentry Densley and drummer Tyler Smith. Eagle Twin’s music could be broadly classified as doom metal or sludge metal, but also touches on progressive rock, blues rock, jazz fusion and psychedelic rock, featuring lengthy instrumental passages and Densley’s gruff, half-chanted vocals, which occasionally veer into overtone singing.
When celebrated Salt Lake City band SubRosa announced its breakup in 2019, the heavy music community felt the loss of their uniquely elegant and intensely heavy atmospheric doom devotionals. Rather than wonder what velvet darkness might still await, however, four of SubRosa’s members swiftly emerged as a new entity called The Otolith. Following the same muse of cataclysmic melancholy, The Otolith is here to encircle you in the fire of their passion for heavy music.
»Legends Of The Desert« series is the soundtrack to the New Wild West. The focus of the »Legends Of The Desert« is to provide a modern perspective to the antiquated ‘Wild West’ we have etched in our brains. These songs and tales are not told by the same old perspective of the white male Cowboy. These are narratives told by those who never got their stories heard. We will hear from musicians, artists, Natives, outlaws, desert rats, desert dwellers, cactuses and mesas, ravens and roadrunners, snakes and endless skies.
Photo by The Otolith
The bands are curated by label owner, Brad Frye. The requirements for bands to appear on the Legends series must hit certain criteria. Bands must be located geographically in the American Southwest. The states within this boundary include: Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The bands have to be currently active. They also are in line with the Legends series ethos of offering an updated perspecitve of Wild West. Fuck John Wayne and all the outdated Wild West bullshit that we have been fed by movies and media.
Desert Records has already released »Legends Of The Desert Vol: 1, 2, & 3«. These releases were successful and were met with great excitement.
Vol. 1 featured two popular modern day bands, Palehorse/Palerider (Denver, CO) & Lord Buffalo (Austin, TX).
Vol. 2 featured two new bands, The Penitent Man (Salt Lake City, UT) & Cortége (Austin, TX).
Vol. 3 featured two veteren bands, Fatso Jetson (Palm Springs) & Dali’s Llama (Cathedral City).
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well