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Japanese cult favorite sludge/doom rock trio Boris takes their name from a song on grunge godfathers the Melvins' Bullhead album. They also have a lot in common with the Melvins musically, including a fondness for heavily down-tuned guitar/bass tones and exceedingly slow tempos. But they also incorporate elements variously drawn from other sources, including psychedelic rock, punk, noise, minimalism, pure sludge-drone music a la Earth, and more. Also, despite the unpretentious psychedelic/stoner rock imagery that accompanies much of...[more]

 

 

VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! The mighty Boris release their official follow-up to the much lauded Pink, defying fan's expectations and expanding their musical palette further than ever before. Their first non-collaborative release in two years, Smile is a natural progression of the work the band has done in partnership with bands such as Sunn o))) and guitarist Michio Kurihara. That's not to say that just because the release doesn't share ownership with another artist that t   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Comes with a huge poster inside! A single, 43-minute composition/symphony from Japan's drone druids that goes from ethereal to crushingly heavy and hits everything between. Broken into five tracks of easier access, Feedbacker is stark in contrasts and attention to texture. "Boris is the only living band...who has mastered the art of out-Sabbathing Black Sabbath. Obviously, a ton of groups play in that crushing, occult style, and many do it quite competently, but only Boris have been abl   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. For over 15 years, Boris has lead the charge as Japan's most exciting experimental rock act. Considering their peers and countrymen, this is noeasy feat. Japanese Heavy Rock Hits is a series of 7"s showcasing their wide-reaching, genre-smashing sound. Volume One - "8" features two newly recorded tracks. On Side A, the title track "8" continues the spacey hard-rock sound established on their classic albums Pink and Smile, building from a mono, lo-fi wall of feedback    [ read more ]

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