RWAKE - It Was Beautiful, But Now It's Sour

Song: It Was Beautiful, But Now It's Sour
Artist: Rwake
Album: Rest (2011)

From Rwake new album, out September 27

http://rwake.bandcamp.com/

It's been four years since the release of Rwake's impressive Voices of Omens, but the band is finally returning with Rest on Sept. 27 via Relapse Records. "It Was Beautiful, But Now It's Sour" is the lead-off track, a slow-motion, 12-minute song that begins with a serious on-your-knees Lynyrd Skynyrd-style guitar solo, which, according to a short email interview with vocalist CT, isn't the only one on Rest. The main riff remains largely unchanged throughout: It's a lumbering swamp monster surrounded by a lazy-eyed guitar melody and CT's searing vocals, which are somehow even more punishing than before. That said, CT's voice can transform itself into an emotional howl when the moment demands it. I love how the song unfolds in general — more rhythmic and psychedelic as the tempo progresses, perhaps a bit like the more percussive parts on Kylesa's Static Tensions.

(by Lars Gotrich, npr.org)

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• rest 2011
• rwake
• sludge
• It Was Beautiful
• But Now It's Sour

[ryanexsus]

YES!!!!!

[superdragon4ever]

Can't wait for this. Voices of Omens is one of my favorite albums.

[negativeascension]

Possibly the best Rwake i've heard

[themetalpeach]

its sad when talentless artists gain international praise and awards and bands such as rwake and many others get little to no recognition except for a few extreme music magazines...tisk tisk society

[ryuzdog]

love u wowwow

[ryanexsus]

@vivisect1945 They were a lot more noodley back then. If that's even a word. Now they are titanic, devastating, crushing, massive, monolithic etc.

[DogfishHeadcrab]

Feels like being run over by a planet

[6lord6red6]

@perrottafamily1 ha!

[Rolyolpolyol]

First time ever listening to these guys. Where the fuck have I been to not have heard such sic ass music. Mainstream is making brain dead :<

[vivisect1945]

I miss the ABSENT DUE TO PROJECTION DAYS....Greeting from Nashville guys and gal

[perrottafamily1]

@Migas128 I tried to stop listening to awesome music like this, but I took an arrow to the knee.