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Bless Them That Curse You

by LOCRIAN

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Acts of creation Ground to cloud A vitiated field A hearth for divination For returning stroke For fulminic blaze The pure gleam of Aeromancy Flickering ionization illuminates the empyrean In profane glow
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Metis: You see my bones across the field, lay near what's left, see the last breath, to fade away, as if a soul with this story: mother on the bed you disappear right next to me, your hand on mine, holy death is mine, you hear his sound coming down the hall, you disappear right next to me, your hand in mine, holy death is mine, this house, this field, in the valley and it looks down, this house this field, you disappear right next to me, your skin's so cold, how could you know, holy death is mine Amaranthine: Dying in the mist While living in the midst Eternal and ageless What brought us to this pass The vast dissolution Of ancient habits Of brumes that engulf our realms A supremacy entire An abiding pall To tarnish our ether Bury our scions And exhume our ancestry The Emperor: Dear father, how could you leave me in this place? No axe, no flame, nothing. Dear father, you gave me all of your knowledge, it adds up to dust. This is the legacy you left, a path paved with the bodies of children, pools of sour wine choking their mouths. Women battered, scared, bereft of hope and light. Dear father, the time has come to cut you loose. This is my gift to you, to let you sink down into the earth. Upon my back you will ride no more.

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"Bless Them That Curse You is an understated masterpiece, a spectacularly successful collaboration between two innovative groups from the underground and experimental rock realms. The album represents the perfect marriage of artists who craft work at the truly ingenious end of the musical spectrum...Bless Them That Curse You illustrates the full potential of two idiosyncratic and hugely creative entities working together harmoniously — seeking out the ties that bind. Mamiffer and Locrian have crafted a work of art here. Each has stripped its sound down to its core elements and offered it as a gift to the other. The result is an album that’s deeply rewarding, both musically and emotionally. Bless Them That Curse You is hypnotic, elegant mastery, and it is all you could ever have hoped for from two such visionary groups."
--Craig Hayes, Popmatters

"What we have here, my fine-feathered friends, is a collective consciousness that is at one with its individual constituent parts. Everything and everyone is working in perfect harmony……although ‘harmony’ may not be quite the right word to use to describe the haunting sounds that are wrung from the æther during Bless Them That Curse You...Locrian alone can be an intimidatingly spooky proposition, but adding the extra fug of ethereal smoke that Mamiffer emit produces a match made in….well….I won’t say ‘heaven’, but you catch my drift…"
--Paul Robertson, The Sleeping Shaman

"This mesmerizing collaboration brings together two groups whose working methods appear destined to co-exist. The snaking harmonic pulse of Locrian is absorbed by the minimalist tones of Mamiffer."
--Kevin McCaighy, Rock-a-Rolla

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released March 6, 2012

Locrian:
André Foisy: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Terence Hannum: synthesizer, voice, effects, mellotron
Steven Hess: drums, tympani, tape effects

Mamiffer:
Faith Coloccia: piano, voice, tack piano, bass synth, tape samples
Aaron Turner: electric guitar, voice
Alex Barnett: mellotron, tack piano, synthesizer
Travis Rommereim: auxiliary percussion
Brian Cook: bass

Produced by Mamiffer, Locrian, and Randall Dunn.

Recorded by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio and studio Greg studios in Chicago, IL, USA (2011).

Mixed by Randall Dunn at AVAST! in Seattle, WA, USA (2011).

Overdub recording by Randall Dunn at AVAST! in Seattle, WA, USA (2011).

Additional recording by Aaron Turner at The House of Low Culture in Vashon, WA, USA (2011).

Mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Service (2011).

Photography and design by Faith Coloccia.

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LOCRIAN Chicago, Illinois

Locrian was formed in late 2005 by André Foisy and Terence Hannum. Allmusic has described the band as an ”eclectic mixture of black metal, electronics, drone and noise rock”. The band have identified krautrock and '90s death metal as influences as well. ... more

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