Published by admin on 19 Dec 2013
GRIME year end love and Desertfest appearance, YAUTJA unveil cover art, tracklisting, and tour dates, THE CATALYST is fucking dead
Grime ‘Deteriorate’ was one of CVLT Nation‘s top sludge albums of 2013 as well as made Heddbuzz’s list of top albums over at the Sludgelord. Also today, the band has been announced to perform at the upcoming DESERTFEST in the UK. The organizer’s had these kind words.
“GRIME BRING THE FILTH TO DESERTFEST 2014 The Adriatic coast of Italy isn’t one of first places that springs to mind when thinking of the nastiest kind of down-tuned, spite-filled, blackened sludge… but that’s exactly what Trieste’s Grime bring to the table in droves. Whether it’s the bloody history of Northern Italy’s past, or possibly the isolation of their hometown region? It’s left to be guessed, but Grime produce a sound that is most certainly dragged from the depths of despair, suffering and antipathy, crawling with venomous snarls and screeching, this is dark and heavy music at it’s best! That is not to say however that 2013’s crushing (Billy Anderson mixed) LP “Deteriorate” is lacking in soul. Far from it. In fact the band’s second offering is rich in warm tone and offers finely crafted riffmanship within interspersed chunks of head nodding weedy vibes. The overall feel of this band is a slow, brooding type of heavy that has initiated the band into doom / sludge circles with an instantly high regard. A European tour last year with Cough and shows with Steven O’Malley, Ufomammut and a Russian stint with Suma have cemented the trio as being a strongly anticipated soundtrack to a slice of post-smoke negativity when they make their UK debut on the human_disease_promo / when planet’s collide stage at DesertFest in April next year. We can’t wait… let the bad times roll on!!”
Yautja unveil cover art and track listing for their upcoming LP ‘Songs of Descent’ courtesy of American Aftermath. Last week we mentioned you could stream the track “Concrete Tongue” over on Lambgoat. The album will be available February 11th. The band is planning an east coast trip around the release starting on the first of February.
February 1 –
February 2 – St. Louis
February 3 – Milwaukee
February 4 – Chicago
February 5 – Toledo or Detroit
February 6 – Pittsburgh
February 7 – Philly
February 8 – Brooklyn
February 9 – Boston
February 10 – Providence
February 11 – New Brunswick
February 12 – Baltimore or DC
February 13 – Richmond
February 14 – Asheville
If you are interested in helping in any way on a date please e-mail, yautjatn@hotmail.com
The Catalyst played their farewell show this past Friday at Richmond’s premiere dive venue / barcade, Strange Matter. RVA Magazine was on hand and offer up a great piece documenting the night and the end of an era, here. We have put up the ‘Voyager’ LP at a discounted price of 6.66 in their memory over on the web-store. Voyager more like Challenger.
Happy Holidays, pass me a stout and some whiskey.
