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While grappling with the varied and intense changes in their lives, the trio melded the immediacy of the hardcore and thrash music they were raised on with a modern minimalist emphasis on droned and longform sounds. The resulting songs seamlessly fluctuate between delicate, lush arrangements layered with stately piano, fizzing synthesizers and reverberating guitars and equally stirring incendiary eruptions. Title track “The Cost” is a work of several movements morphing from a syncopated dirge to ethereal melodicism before it lurches to a climax, only to disintegrate into orchestral-like flutters. The more direct “The Air is Caving In” and “Last Time I Do Anything For a Fucking Friend Ever” are powerful bursts that bring their hardcore backgrounds to the forefront with passages of molten sludge and tempos that push well past anything Aseethe have done before. Album closer “Irrelevance” a more complex piece, in many ways a mirror image of “The Cost”, it’s movements of undulating crescendos coalescing in melodic peaks, repaying patience with captivating riffs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded by acclaimed producer\/engineer Sanford Parker (Pelican, Eyehategod, Yob, Voivod) at Electrical Audio in Chicago,\u003ci\u003e The Cost\u003c\/i\u003e is more focused and elaborate than anything the band have crafted before, expanding Aseethe’s dynamic palette with more nuance and transforming their battering sound into cathartic arcs. Says Barr, “It’s still down-tuned and heavy, but we were deliberately trying to make a record that uses our own musical language to make something that was representative of the musicians we are.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eThe Cost\u003c\/i\u003e, Aseethe’s detailed textural movements and punishing guitar passages each carry considerable emotional resonance. The album is abounding in both the skillful arrangements and the poignance the songs deliver. It is a moving, singular and adventurous record by an iconic midwestern band who has always chosen the road less traveled. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thrill Jockey","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50430504239435,"sku":"2201915","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"White LP","offer_id":50430504862027,"sku":"2201916","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a3657253732_16_a0cff82b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726848785"},{"product_id":"throes","title":"Throes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAseethe’s \u003ci\u003eThroes\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of corrosive beauty and colossal weight. The trio of guitarist \/ vocalist Brian Barr, drummer Eric Diercks, and bassist \/ vocalist Noah Koester craft tectonic slabs of doom through minimalist approaches to composition. Minutely selected textures built on simplistic, repetitive motifs become mountainous. With each cycle of repetition, their towering riffs, bludgeoning drums, and inhuman howls become increasingly hypnotic and reveal subtle intricacies. The recursive nature of their songs coupled with their glacial pacing make masterful use of restraint to create moments of genuine surprise. Throes was recorded at Steve Albini’s Chicago studio Electrical Audio by Shane Hochstetler (Jon Mueller, Northless). Aseethe drew from their expertise in utilizing noise and drones to develop a sonic world uniquely their own, dually aesthetic and foreboding. Barr, who composed and arranged the bulk of the music, drew inspiration from his recent solo work live-scoring films, relying on instinct as a compositional tool to interplay with the rigid structures throughout. Aseethe remains one of the most distinctive and relentless forces in heavy music operating today. Through their ability to constantly evolve and incorporate new sounds and disparate influences into their music, they stand at the vanguard of forward thinking bands like labelmates The Body and SUMAC. \u003ci\u003eThroes\u003c\/i\u003e is Aseethe at their most daring and focused, building monuments of anguish while thrusting into the void.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Black Virgin Vinyl housed in a Sleeve with a Flooded Black Pocket and Download.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP+ - Limited White Vinyl housed in a Sleeve with a Flooded Black Pocket and Download.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thrill Jockey","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50498267152715,"sku":"1060437","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/90847413-d2b0-4a4d-b80a-f0719b0b14e0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727743112"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/aseethe.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}