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The Well premiere a psychedelic live music video for new single »Sabbah« taken from their latest studio album, »Death And Consolation«

Austin, Texas based doom/stoner metal trio The Well premiere a psychedelic live music video for new single »Sabbah« taken from their latest studio album, »Death And Consolation«, released on April 26th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records.

The story: During a global pandemic, an American political revolt and a new world in quarantine, one has to consider fresh ways to view the production of videos and making and performing music in unchartered territory, unlike anything this generation has seen before. The Well tackled just that when faced with creating a video for their single »Sabbah« from their most recent release »Death And Consolation«. With a limited time frame and social distancing in full effect, The Well had to get creative, channeling a psychedelic dark experience through a very different means. Each member of the band recorded their parts individually with sound engineer, TV’s Daniel, masked up in their practice space in Austin, Texas. The next night, on a small outdoor set, each band member filmed their respective video parts solo, joined only by TV’s Daniel as masked director and videographer. The scenes were then inter-woven together into a mesmerizing smokey psychedelic dreamscape using 3 cameras and projector lights to reconstruct the group experience. All said and done, this live version of »Sabbah« was recorded, mixed, shot and edited in a three day quarantine time turnaround, resulting in a unique and experimental piece of work that encapsulates the energy of The Well’s live performance, despite being surrounded by nothing but uncertainty and detachment in the world around them.

»Death And Consolation« is without a doubt a weighty album title. And, The Well is among the heaviest heavy psych bands in existence. So when we say that there’s even more darkness and intensity to the band’s third album than previous efforts, take heed. It’s a deep sea diving bell of enveloping heaviness and longing.

“This one is a little more personal,” says guitarist/vocalist Ian Graham. “2018 was a strange, dark year. A lot of change going on in my life, there was a lot of depression and coming out of it over the last year. I wanted to call this »Death And Consolation«, because in life that’s a constant.”

While The Well continue to walk an intriguing line between authentic early 70s doom/heavy psych and frayed weirdness of dark folk – especially with their haunting unison male/female vocals – the new album also adds the stark vibe of post-punk acts like Joy Division and early The Cure. “I feel like this album is almost more gothic. We’re big fans of post-punk,” Graham adds. There’s also much less jamming, the songs are tight and concise.

“This album might be a little less produced, because I didn’t want to push technical stuff as much,” Graham says. “I’m so scared of getting too complicated when getting better at guitar. This is still kind of punk rock.”

The Well is:
Ian Graham – Guitars, Vocals
Lisa Alley – Bass, Vocals
Jason Sullivan – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well

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