Locrian Paints the Apocalypse In Shades of Sound on "Mortichnia" (Video Debut)
Locrian, to me, is visual music. When sound becomes so abstract that it transcends any preconceived ideas surrounding structure, tonality, and more, it stretches beyond its traditional boundaries and evokes rather than simply reflects. Now stretched across the eastern portion of the United States, this trio’s new album marked a return to the more obscure and electronics-heavy drone of their earlier works. Now releasing a video for the song “Mortichnia” from their latest record New Catastrophism, Locrian branches into the literal and physically visual, something at which they’d only hinted in the textures between tones in the past.
Directed by Sean Dack and Lucy Swope, “Mortichnia” tells a post-apocalyptic tale about a witch–the last survivor of a mysterious virus–who is becoming ill. She crafts sigils and potions to purge herself of the virus, and adventures through desolate, post-urban landscapes until the sun sets. Pairing with Locrian’s music, the strange landscapes which filled my mind over years of seeing them live at venues (and one time in an apartment!) made sense and were given digital flesh. Strange colors and textures were suddenly given context; Dack and Swope’s Locrian visions mirrored mine. Watch the “Mortichnia” video below.
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New Catastrophism is out now on Profound Lore Records.
