The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull, by Earth (CD on Southern Lord)

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Label:	Southern Lord
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Catalogue number:	SUNN90
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Rating: happy This record left our Ant feeling happy.

Earth are back in action on Southern Lord. yes between sipping pints of methadone they manage to get it together to release records. The interesting thing about this incarnation of Dylan Carlson's ever evolving project is the surprise added line up of guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Don McGreavy and Steve Moore from Zombi playing hammond organ and piano! I think 'The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull' is fantastic. It references the 'Hex' and 'Hibernaculam' albums yet it feels like there is a progression. In insight into the world of a visionary that takes his cues from old time country guitarist while his contemporary take cues from him. I mean earth 2 spawned a whole generation and Sunn )00 were actually kind of an earth tribute band. This is slow motion, doom country inspired my La Monte Young's minimal aesthetic but with a distinct sense of melody. CD only at the moment with vinyl bound to follow at some point.

What the label says:

The Bee Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull is Earth’s first album of entirely new material since 2005’s Hex!.
Where Hex reveled in dark satanic twang and austere American beauty, The Bee Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull finds Dylan Carlson and the band growing into a harder, more rock and American gospel oriented and improvisitory
direction framed by a truly psychedelic production and blazing guitar sounds.
Earth is honoured to be joined on this record for three songs by legendary jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Don McGreevy and Steve Moore on acoustic grand & electric piano, Wurlitzer and Hammond organ.
A full tour will hit Europe at the same time as the record is revealed to the masses, offering ocular and aural evidence of their extensive growth and maturation.
The CD is presented in an o-card with metallic ink and embossing. Beautiful artwork by Arik Roper.

Tracklisting: 01. Omens And Portents I :The Driver 02. Rise To Glory 03. Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine) 04. Engine Of Ruin 05. Omens And Portents II :Carrion Crow 06. Hung From The Moon 07. The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull