Right now, Boris are widely considered one of the most exciting bands to come out west from Japan, and rightfully so. Recently, their double-LP, Pink, a record that actually shipped with several sheets of blotter paper, letting the listener immediately know exactly where they're coming from, has achieved near-legendary status with its oddly compelling, spastic mix of thrash, pop, post-rock, and drone, and their collaborative triple-LP, Altar, with fellow purveyors of stoner metal weirdness, and Southern Lord labelmates, Sunn o))) has been a favorite of pretty much every metalhead I know for about the past year.
Well, Boris has a new album coming out this April, and it's called Smile. And the first single, “Statement,” released as a video, recently, is promising. It sounds like a natural progression of the sound they had on Pink (that's Southern Lord's line, but it seems a quite appropriate way of putting it).
3,000 copies of this single have been pressed, on 7” vinyl, and 1,000 of them are an exclusive pressing for mail-order customers on yellow-gold vinyl with a classy gold dust sleeve! The B-side, “Floorshaker,” will be exclusive to this release, so act fast!
To celebrate, Boris will be playing an already sold-out show in London on the 24th, and another one at the Knitting Factory in New York on March 4th. If you buy two of Southern Lord's Boris releases (that includes Pink, Akuma No Uta, Amplifier Worship, Absolutego, and, of course, Altar) on CD at Mondo Kim's or Other Music, you can get a free ticket (while they last!) to the show, where they will be previewing music from the new album, as well as a limited edition poster.
Needless to say, I'm pretty excited to hear what Boris has for us on the new record. If the new single is anything to go by, it'll be spending a lot of time on my turntable after it comes out.
02/23/2008 22:11:43
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