This Will Destroy You

The long-running post rock act This Will Destroy You are releasing a new record later this month, "New Other Part One," featuring production and engineering from none other than John Congleton.  The LA by way of San Marcos, Texas band create a cacophony of guitar noise that has always sounded a bit like venturing into the far reaches of space, a kind of transcendental, meditative hum.  Listen to "Go Away Closer" below and pre-order the album here from Dark Operative Digital.

Symbol

Symbol is the side experimental electronic project of This Will Destroy You's Christopher Royal King.  New album "Consequence Ornament" is due later this month from Austin record label Somatic, purveyors of weird and wonderful faraway sounds.  Listen to "Gamn" below, a haunting discordant lullaby that sounds like a universe slowly breaking apart.

Doused in Mud, Soaked in Bleach

Every single Record Store Day, i come across an album i didn't even know was coming out because it was never included on the official list.  And every single Record Store Day i'm surprised by this.  I should probably be used to it by now.  Today brought the release in the now yearly series of Nirvana tribute albums courtesy of Robotic Empire.  "Doused in Mud, Soaked in Bleach" features artists like Thou, Young Widows, and Beach Slang taking on Nirvana's debut album "Bleach."  Take a listen to This Will Destroy You's version of "Paper Cuts" below, and i guess we'll see an "Incesticide" tribute next year to go along with the other three.  Hooray!

This Will Destroy You

San Marcos instrumental space travelling four-piece This Will Destroy You have a lovely, noisy, and ethereal new album out called "Another Language," perfect for drifting in and out of the ether, or for long road trips through the desert.  Take a listen to the swirling and moving "Dustism" below and grab the record from Suicide Squeeze or the cassette from Holodeck.

Symbol

Symbol is the new solo project of Christopher Royal King (This Will Destroy You).  The Austin artist crafts some brilliant ambient and drone compositions on the upcoming "Online Architecture" LP, due out next month on Holodeck Records.  Take a listen to "Clear Passage" below.  It sounds like lifting a veil and entering the afterlife.