Description
BACK IN THE RACKS.
Since 2005, Belfast based space-sludge juggernautsSlomaticshave scoured the cosmic plains for doomy inspiration. The universe is a vast place, and with their seventh album Canyons released in 2019,Slomaticshaven't run out of inspiration. EverySlomatics' record tells a story. Their 2016 releaseFuture Echo Returnswas an earthy beast, dense and direct. Bone-rattling heaviness in the form of fuzz-laden doom was the main tool used on that record; in my review of that release I desired more tenderness, more humanity.
Canyonsis more expansive, an exploration of the far reaches of the universe. Less muddy, less bludgeoning,Canyons belongs to something spiritual--the over-amplified noise slabs are present, but they're packaged differently, sent through vistas of the melancholic and less abrasive variety.