If you haven't been lucky to experience a Sonic Jesus live show then check out this live session they did for 'Triumph', taken off 'Neither Virtue Nor Anger', the highly-acclaimed record from the Italian outfit. A dark, brooding affair expertly exercising on array of influences from shoegaze, psych, krautrock, goth and post-punk. The record is introspective, hypnotic and has seen them compared to the likes of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, A Place To Bury Strangers and The Black Angels. Coming in at ninety minutes long and spanning four sides of vinyl, Neither Virtue Nor Anger "feel[s] like you're embarking on an epic descent into some collective psychic and spiritual underworld, from which you may never emerge" - The Quietus.
You can pick up Neither Virtue Nor Anger on double LP, CD and digital from www.fuzzclub.com
TRACKLIST
1 Locomotive
2 Triumph
3 Reich
4 Sweet Suicide
5 Dead
6 Lost Reprise
7 Paranoid Palace
8 Drift 22
9 Monkey On My Back
10 Whore Is Death
11 My Lunacy
12 Luxury
13 Cancer
14 Telegraph
15 Underground
16 Kali Yuga
Last year Sonic Jesus grasped the attention of psych godfathers The Black Angels, with whom they shared a 10” split single, collecting astonishing reviews and premieres in Consequence Of Sound and Exclaim!
Shortly after getting together in 2012, the Italian band released their first self-titled EP and almost immediately sold-out, followed by their mind-blowing London live debut at The Shacklewell Arms. Since then, they have taken part in the Reverb Conspiracy compilation (curated by Fuzz Club and Austin Psych Fest) twice and toured intensively around Europe. They also shared stage with Damo Suzuki and collaborated with iconic Icelandic artist Jón Sæmundur aka Nonni Dead of Dead Skeletons, who did the cover art for the EP and joined them on stage at Eindhoven Psych Lab 2014.
Neither Virtue Nor Anger is something beyond the colourful blend of 60s Psychedelia, Folk, Krautrock, Shoegaze and Post-Punk anticipated by the band’s earlier EP Locomotive. The more it progresses, the more it turns into a desperate stomping Bacchanalia, spiced up with an hypnotic flavour and distorted atmosphere a la Faust.
The album features the artwork of prominent Italian artist Mirco Maracci. His work has been exhibited in Palazzo Taverna in Roma in 2014, along with Andy Warhol, Giorgio De Chirico, Keith Haring and Amedeo Modigliani.
The album is mixed by The Black Angel’s Brett Orrison at The Austin Recording Service, Neither Virtue Nor Anger is anticipated by the video of Lost Reprise, by Emanuele Manco.
FUZZ CLUB
Fuzz Club is an independent record label, online store and production company that focuses on experimental rock and roll, influenced by shoegaze, electronica, noise, garage, blues, folk and psychedelia.
Based in East London, Fuzz Club has gained a reputation for surfacing the best emerging talent from Europe and beyond, and releasing them on high end, limited edition vinyl pressings, alongside a roster of the best known names in the underground scene including Anton Newcombe, Goat, Alan Vega, The Black Angels, Dead Skeletons, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Telescopes, Sonic Jesus and The Underground Youth.
Established in rural Norway during the 24 hour darkness of the Arctic winter, Fuzz Club entered the scene in 2012 with their compilation The Reverb Conspiracy - made in collaboration with Austin Psych Fest - a now annual release capturing the essence of the underground scene as it is today.
Today Fuzz Club has around 20 artists and over 40 releases.