Jesu makes up missed tour dates...hallelujah.

Shoe-gazing, sludge, doom metal, electronica bad-asses, Jesu, are finally coming back around to the U.S. to make up for the string of missed dates with ISIS last March due to work-visa issues. I, for one, am absolutely ready for this show! I got my new earplugs recently, so crank it up Justin, I'm ready. (sidenote: It would have been even better if the Atlanta date included Sunn O)))...so if those guys wanna come to Atlanta too, then I'm also ready to be enveloped in pure black fog.)

[MP3] Jesu - Silver from "Silver EP" (via Box.net)

Dates:
10-06 Tempe, AZ - The Sets *
10-10 Austin, TX - The Mohawk #
10-16 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn ^
10-18 Washington, DC - Black Cat $%
10-19 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church $%
10-20 New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre (CMJ) $%
10-22 New Britain, CT - Trinity on Main $%
10-23 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Downstairs $%
10-24 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa $!
10-25 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace $!
10-27 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle $%
10-29 Sauget, IL - Pop's $%
10-30 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck $
11-02 Seattle, WA - Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room ~
11-03 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre ~

* with Wolves in the Throne Room
# with USSA, Weedeater
^ with Chrome
$ with Torche
% with Fog
! with Tim Hecker
~ with Sunn O))), Eluvium

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Jesu/Eluvium limited edition split 12", available for pre-order.

If you're anything like me, then you've been jonesing to hear some new material from Jesu. Well don't just stand there and shake in the corner! Go pre-order the new Jesu/Eluvium split 12" from Temporary Residence now! It's limited to 4000 copies (2000 Temporary Residence versions and 2000 Hydrahead versions..the HH versions are different than the TR ones, and will be available shortly), and the TR version is available in two colors, red and black! It features three new songs from Jesu, and one long song in three parts from Eluvium! Go! Buy! Here!

Jesu "Conqueror"

So I've been really digging the new Jesu album, "Conqueror". Despite all the heavy drone and low-end sonics, it's actually quite pretty. Yes, pretty. Not that there's anything wrong with drone, I just wouldn't normally describe drone as "pretty". It invokes the same kind of visual/emotional imagery that bands like Sigur Ros and The Album Leaf do with me. Open water, expansive tundras, macrocosms and microcosms...like you could go forever in any direction, just exploring.
This is the second full-length (fourth release) by experimental metal guru, Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Napalm Death), and I have to say this is definitely his best so far. I'm a designer, and when I'm working on something I like to listen to music that's not too distracting, instrumental stuff usually. This album is definitely too distracting. I find myself day-dreaming, thinking about obscure shit...oh wait, I have a deadline..crap! So if you can dedicate a hour to daydreaming, spirit-walking, or whatever the kids are calling it these days, then grab the earphones and a comfortable pillow and pop in "Conqueror". It's like seeing a really good movie. One that gets you all introspective afterwards. Very overwhelming, in a good way.

Download the song "Conqueror" here. (Via P'fork)