Yawning Sons - Ceremony to the Sunset
Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: You can make whatever sound comparisons or analogies you want, to my ears, the debut from Yawning Sons is principally two things. First: mesmerizing. Second: warm. The band is end result of a fortunate ocean-crossing collaboration between Californian desert rock legend Gary Arce of Yawning Man and the UK’s Sons of Alpha Centauri.
Presumably they went with Yawning Sons because ‘Arce & Sons’ sounded too much like they were electricians. In any case, their debut, Ceremony to the Sunset, released by Australia’s Lexicon Devil, is seven cuts of mostly instrumental experimental post-rock psychedelic hypnosis, with guest vocal spots from Fatso Jetson’s Mario Lalli, Wendy Rae Fowler (Mark Lanegan Band) and Scott Reeder spread throughout to act as trail markers.
The story goes that Arce and the four-piece Sons of Alpha Centauri had never met before he flew to the UK to produce a record for them, but when he arrived they jammed and over the course of a week, wrote and recorded Ceremony to the Sunset instead.
Continue reading: The Obelisk » Blog Archive » Yawning Sons are Worthy of Ceremony.
(Very special thanks to JJ Koczan for the kind permission)
Tags: album of the day, Ceremony to the Sunset, Gary Arce, JJ Koczan, Lexicon Devil, Mario Lalli, post rock, psychedelica, Sons of Alpha Centauri, stoner rock, The Obelisk, Yawning Sons
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The “trailer” already sounded great. Say what you want you want about Arce but the man knows how to lay down great tunes.
Eigenlijk ook een beetje verwonderlijk dat hij nooit op Roadburn heeft gespeeld.