With Sludge, Sleaze, and Scorn, Sundowner Conduct a "Lysergic Ritual" (Early Album Stream)
When it comes to being burned out, Sundowner are very nearly religious about it. The Australian sludge band take an over-the-top approach to nihilism and despondency, instilling a mystic quality in their deep-rooted antipathy. As you listen to their new album Lysergic Ritual, which we're streaming here ahead of its 4/20 release date (because, of course), let the album's harsh approach to riffy sludge tap into your wellspring of negativity. It's okay to feel bad, Lysergic Ritual says, offering up some of the worst stuff the world has to offer as proof.
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While you're feeling bad, though, at least you can get some headbanging in. Sundowner pair blues-laced sludge with neck-snapping hardcore punk, delivering chunky emphatic riffs in a blissful dichotomy of both fast and slow. It's loud, abrasive, and carries itself with no shortage of swing. No matter the state of the world and how terribly your day is going, Sundowner promises one thing: whenever the drummer starts laying into the ride bell, you're in for a hell of a riff.
The band comments:
This album represents exactly what SUNDOWNER is, straight to the point sludge.
Heavy, bluesy, intoxicated riffs from slow and filthy to hardcore punk speeds.
Lyrically ranging from substance abuse and drugs to serial killings and cults, it’s all around the nastiest side of humanity which reflects the nature of the music perfectly.
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Lysergic Ritual releases April 20th independently and can be pre-ordered on Bandcamp.
