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Tee Pee Records Reissues Karma To Burn's "Wild Wonderful Purgatory" and "Almost Heathen"
Tee Pee Records is very proud to announce the vinyl reissues of "Wild
Wonderful Purgatory" and "Almost Heathen" from legendary
stoner rock pioneers KARMA TO BURN. Both albums will be released
on April 6th 2010 and will coincide with Karma To Burn's April
2010 UK / European Tour.
"Wild Wonderful Purgatory" and "Almost Heathen" will each
come with a 10" vinyl of bonus material
including demos from the first album, newly recorded versions of 20 and
30 and all new artwork by Alex von Wieding.
Karma to Burn's "Wild Wonderful Purgatory" can perhaps be seen more
accurately as a modern take on the power trio approach of such groups
as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, and Rush. With the
spacy, almost
psychedelic and experimental nature present, perhaps the first two fit
better. However, the hard-edged metallic fury calls to mind more
closely Rush's debut. These guys have such a great skill at creating
dynamic melodies that you never really seem to notice that they have
opted to forego the vocals altogether on this second release. This one
is a great time, whether you are stoned or not.
Wild Wonderful Purgatory
Few recording artists aspire to the stylistic purity of Karma to
Burn, and nowhere is this fact better demonstrated than on "Almost
Heathen". Even the title reinforces the near-decadence, and the
strange
but necessary elusiveness of artistic completeness. To say that Almost
Heathen "rocks" would actually be a disservice to disc. It is more than
a great record. It is form as function, the combination of craft and
content, meditative, aloof, and sublime, if only for its singularity.
Each of the ten non-sequentially numbered tracks do more than rock;
they turn and roll, twist and slide, rattle and hum like large metal
life forms, first rolling over desolate landscapes on four wheels, then
standing upright, growing hair and pounding the rocky soil with the
sun-bleached bones of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Sleep,
and Kyuss.
Picking highlights is impossible, as each "song" acts more like a
minutely textured tile in an all-black mosaic, relying heavily on the
listener's reflection, leaving the assignment of meaning to individual
imagination. Stoner/doom fans and everyone else who appreciates heavy
music will all get a thrill from Almost Heathen, a significant hard
rock accomplishment.
Almost Heathen
KARMA TO BURN UK / EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:
04.01.10 DE - Karlsruhe / Substage
04.02.10 FR - Paris / Nouveau Casino
04.03.10 NL - Schijndel / Paaspop Festival
04.04.10 DE - Weil der Stadt / JH Kloster
04.05.10 DE - Hamburg / Molotow
04.06.10 DE - Berlin / Magnet
04.07.10 DE - Marburg / KFZ
04.08.10 DE - Köln / Underground
04.09.10 DE - Osnabrück / Westwerk
04.10.10 BE - Leuven / Het Depot
04.12.10 CH - Basel / Hirscheneck
04.13.10 CH - Zürich / Rote Fabrik
04.14.10 IT - Milano / Circolo A.R.C.I. Magnolia
04.15.10 CH - Bern / ISC
04.16.10 NL - Tilburg / Roadburn Festival
04.19.10 UK - Newcastle / Academy 2
04.20.10 UK - Glasgow / Cathouse
04.21.10 UK - Manchester / Academy 3
04.22.10 UK - Sheffield / Corporation
04.23.10 UK - Dublin / Academy 2
04.24.10 UK - Birmingham / Academy 2
04.25.10 UK - Bristol / Academy 2
04.26.10 UK - London / Garage
04.27.10 UK - Southampton / Taling Heads
04.30.10 GR - Thessaloniki / 8 Ball club
05.01.10 GR - Athens / AN Club
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