VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Their darkest, heaviest record yet, taking equal pride in smoky psychedelics and mountain-ascending riffs. Grails' avant-metal leanings are evident as always, but Doomsdayer's Holiday finds their already-broad palette continually expanding with 70's European film noir and cosmic free jazz explorations.

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Their darkest, heaviest record yet, taking equal pride in smoky psychedelics and mountain-ascending riffs. Grails' avant-metal leanings are evident as always, but Doomsdayer's Holiday finds their already-broad palette continually expanding with 70's European film noir and cosmic free jazz explorations.

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Portland's Grails return with their first studio album since 2004's Redlight. An increased interest in psychedelic, ambient, and world music is most likely to blame for the group's exploration of the lesser-traveled paths of modern music. In addition, their eclectic range of collaborative endeavors - guitarist Zak Riles is also in M. Ward's band, while drummer Emil Amos has moonlighted as Jandek's drummer - has introduced an element of improvisation and reinterpretation of ideas that's both brilliant and e...   [ read more ]

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