Iroha / Fragment - Bittersweet

"An original member of seminal Birmingham experimentalists FINAL (alongside Justin Broadrick (GODFLESH, JESU) and Nic Bullen (NAPALM DEATH, SCORN), Andy Swan's new project, IROHA, mixes layers of textured guitar and basslines with heartbreaking melodies and brutally slow beats to produce songs of melancholic beauty. For their first release IROHA (other members: Diarmuid Dalton from JESU and DOMINIC CRANE) team up with the very talented drone / shoegaze / ambient artist FRAGMENT. (Thierry Arnal) from france to create a stunning 6 song sound collaboration. Warm fuzzy feeling ... that’s the perfect term which describes what arises in your body out of listening to these sounds... ‘’if you're hankering for some heavy blissed out dreamy chugging shoegazey post metal, and can't wait for the next JESU record, then heck, grab one of these; The sound is of course fantastic, epic and majestic and bleary eyed, a little bit more mellow and laid back than Jesu proper, but quite similar in most other respects, the industrial pound, the layered warm guitar shimmer, the muted metallic chug, the mumbled sad boy vocals, all woven into a gorgeously blown out drone drenched epic dream metal drift.” - this is what one review of the past FRAGMENT. record said ... in collaboration with IROHA, Thierry Arnal from FRAGMENT. created something which beats this description. The songwriting is excellent. Melody and melancholy start to emerge from behind the concrete foundations and work their way to a very emotional climax. 6 songs (2 from IROHA, 2 from FRAGMENT., one collaboration track and one remix) in 45 minutes with perfectly fitting beautiful vocals and a dignified feeling for good melodies. Enjoy! FOR FANS OF: JESU, NADJA, PYRAMIDS etc. 2 different LP VERSION with 180g vinyl, thick gatefold cover and special 3D effect + very limited CD VERSION (500 pieces) with thick handprinted gatefold cover!

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