{"title":"Abronia","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"map-of-dawn","title":"Map of Dawn","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor their great third LP, this Portland OR sextet heads deep into the scalding sun of what feels like the Sonoran Desert. There is an edge to the fried guitar and the ever more massive drumming that evokes a parched ritual of psychedelic worship. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact initial rehearsals took place outdoors, during which time the Pacific Northwest was on fire (both in the forests and on the streets). When you know this fact, you can begin to appreciate the smoke as a compositional component.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbronia's line-up has not changed since 2019's \u003ci\u003eThe Whole of Each Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, but their sound keeps evolving in terms of both depth and connection. The percussion achieves a true otherness here. Both Shaver's Big Drum, and the additions of pedal steel player Rick Pedrosa, create a central pulse that's impossible to resist. The bass and guitars, slither through the haze, raising up for massive strikes at times, just laying back and waiting at others. Different instrumental slices of this album might remind you of anyone from the Gun Club to Savage Republic to Amon Duul II. But Keelin Mayer's vocals are more of a presence this time as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOccasionally, there's a way her voice combines with the coiling Eastern-tinged string parts and lazy propulsion that reminds of Grace Slick's pre-Airplane band, the Great Society. But she is just as likely to conjure up visions of Scream-era Siouxsee, surrounded by gauzy clouds of guitar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cardinal Fuzz","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50456551391563,"sku":"1153652","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/56ee4658-13d3-4096-91d7-d3e6a5ef4c7a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727199426"},{"product_id":"shapes-unravel","title":"Shapes Unravel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome bands make it obvious from the first few notes—a single tone, a specific push on the tempo, the way the air moves around the instruments—and you know it's them. Abronia is one of those bands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the first thud of their 32-inch bass drum to the coil of pedal steel winding through the haze, the sound of this Portland-based six-piece is unmistakable. Over the past decade, Abronia has been refining their singular blend of widescreen psychedelia, desert noir, Eastern drone, avant-jazz, doom, post-punk, and acid-folk—channeling something that feels at once ritualistic and cinematic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow comes their fourth studio album, \u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eShapes Unravel\u003c\/em\u003e. Sonically, this is Abronia’s most ambitious and compositionally daring record to date—the album moves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e with a strange gravitational pull, layering grief, haunted memory, and flashes of transcendence into something emotionally expansive and structurally bold. Moments of crushing weight give way to eerie stillness, held together by an urgency that feels vital, not calculated. It's a record that doesn't politely wait for your attention; it pulls you into its orbit whether you're ready or not.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cardinal Fuzz","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56531288817995,"sku":"R4006-0130","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a2597020737_16.jpg?v=1771263348"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/abronia.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}