DARK ESSENCE
In divinatory practice, The Hierophant tarot card is often depicted as a bridge between the physical and spiritual planes. Through Aureate Void provides a sonic equivalent, its plentiful spaces allowing for transcendent musing and secular sacrament in these troubled times. Sludgy-ass chord progressions, burbling, amphibian-like basslines and primal drums provide the coarse ballast, leaving it to the braying clarion of a reverb-drenched saxophone to seek out moments of the sublime amid the elemental grind. With more than a morsel of Morricone-inspired Spaghetti Western twang, seemingly endless supplies of jangling hand percussion and an occasional dip into Bohren & Der Club Of Gore’s smouldering jazz scenes, Five The Hierophant have conspired to conjure an appetising psychedeliainfused soundtrack for your next celestial tête-à-tête.
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