{"product_id":"sumac-what-one-becomes-cd","title":"SUMAC \/ What One Becomes - CD","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Cardboard Sleeve \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Image Of Control \u003cbr\u003e2. Rigid Man \u003cbr\u003e3. Clutch Of Oblivion \u003cbr\u003e4. Blackout \u003cbr\u003e5. Will To Reach \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSUMAC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cstrong\u003eAaron Turner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eon guitar and vocals,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNick Yacyshyn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon drums, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Cook\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eon bass) invests in the recursive exercises of chaos and control, which manifest on the band’s second album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat One Becomes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. The trio’s debut\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Deal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2015) revealed a new side of Turner’s combustible songwriting and guitar work, further expanding on his efforts in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOld Man Gloom\u003c\/strong\u003e. On the new album (recorded by the prolific engineer \u003cstrong\u003eKurt Ballou\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConverge\u003c\/strong\u003e, who has also recorded\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh on Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTorche\u003c\/strong\u003e), the trio has elevated the songs’ complexities with a greater entanglement of velocity, density, form, and function. The results are a testament to the tour-honed collective intuition and technical skills of drummer Yacyshyn (\u003cstrong\u003eBaptists\u003c\/strong\u003e), bassist Cook (\u003cstrong\u003eRussian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes, Botch\u003c\/strong\u003e) and Turner. The music of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat One Becomes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erequires that each player be attuned to the dynamics and the tension within the multilateral structures. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn “Clutch Of Oblivion” the riff develops from a languid desert-rock melody and blossoms into a dense aggregate of rhythm, force, and vigor. A muscular hypno-rock aspiration burns out before reaching escape orbit, and the ensuing plummet of solitary guitar notes lead the band into the realm of introspection before another volley of motorik pummel. “Rigid Man” begins as a lurching epithet that finds the trio in a shadow boxing lockstep for the song’s first half of pugilistic rhythm and noise, only to smash itself on the ground amidst a diabolical feedback whorl from Turner’s guitar and to tear free from the rhythmic underbelly, tapping into the vein of unhinged expressionism howled by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLes Rallizes Denudes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaspar Brotzmann Massaker\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a profound anxiety that leaches through\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat One Becomes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSUMAC's\u003c\/strong\u003e choreographed structures parallel the internal and personal struggles with anxiety. They seek to identify the source, devise a course of action, and confront that condition at hand. Turner explains, “Much of it has to do with questioning fabricated structures of identity and what it means when those structures are destabilized by contact with the outside. That has been a unnerving process to undergo, but also fruitful in terms of discovering the path to individuation and realized connection with the self. Another facet of experience I’m working to convey is about living with the sustained presence of anxiety, and avoiding reliance on musical devices of cathartic release to provide escape from this condition.” Sumac channels psychic distress into their rigorously algebraic maneuvers and syllable-crack dissonance. These are an acts of honesty in the face of a particular conduction as well as acutely prescient designs of musical intensity that commands attention to all of this detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924683317282,"sku":"TRL4172","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/9428\/3554\/files\/790377041729.jpg?v=1783562307","url":"https:\/\/kastor.club\/fr\/products\/sumac-what-one-becomes-cd","provider":"Kastor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}