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OM’s Al Cisneros on: Shrinebuilder, OM and Sleep.

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009

JJ Kozcan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with OM ’s Al Cisneros. Cisneros, fresh back in California from a few days spent in Austin, TX, following the last of the five shows on Shrinebuilder’s run, confirmed that writing has already begun for a fifth Om record and a second Shrinebuilder, that Shrinebuilder will play the 2010 Scion Rock Fest & Roadburn and that the legendary trio Sleep, in which he was vocalist and bassist with Matt Pike (High on Fire) on guitar and Chris Hakius on drums, will indeed be playing in the US September of next year. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

The Obelisk: Now that you’ve had a little time to process the record and had the chance to get a reaction live, how do you feel about that material? Are there changes sound-wise you’d want to make going forward?

Al Cisneros: We’re already working on new songs, we all are. The unit starts to define its momentum and its own feel becomes more clarified. It starts to intensify itself. That’s happened through the shows. Of course, every band, when you get off the road, you know your record better than you did going in, even though you knew it going in completely and when you recorded it. Every band ever, after playing the album live enough times, goes, “Man, why couldn’t we have recorded it now? There’s this part and now we play this part this way?” Even if you tour on songs, then go to a studio, after that studio recording and you go tour again, you still have that. It’s just that way. The songs never stop growing, ever.”

Continue Reading: The Obelisk – Shrinebuilder Interview
(Very special thanks to JJ Kozcan for his kind permission)

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Shrinebuilder: fan filmed footage posted on line

Posted on Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Some video clips of Shrinebuilder’s  first ever live  performances (Viper Room, Los Angeles, 11/11/09 and Empty Bottle, Chicago, 11/14/09) have been posted online, including a cover version of Joy Divisons 24 Hours.  The videos can be viewed below.
Roadburn is also very pleased to report that doom supergroup Shrinebuilder will ...read more

OM: live recordings available for download

Posted on Sunday, October 18th, 2009

On the eternal quest towards enlightenment, OM played Europa, NYC  on 10/11 as part of a four band bill that included Ben Chasny solo project Six Organs of Admittance, Lichens, and Naam.
Though Om is traditionally a duo, the new  direction on God is Good sees the band going outside of ...read more

Shrinebuilder confirmed for Roadburn Festival 2010

Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Roadburn is very pleased to report that doom supergroup Shrinebuilder will be part of the festival line-up on Saturday, 17 April 2010.
With Scott Kelly (Neurosis) and Scott “Wino” Weinrich (Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, The Hidden Hand and Wino) on guitar, Al Cisneros (OM, Sleep) on bass and Dale Crover (Melvins) ...read more

The Obelisk reviews Shrinebuilder’s self-titled debut album

Posted on Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The Obelisk, easily one of the very best stonerrock related blogs has reviewed Shrinebuilder’s self-titled debut album:
It’s hard not to feel like you’re standing in the presence of greatness when listening to Shrinebuilder’s self-titled debut (Neurot), and likewise difficult to separate the music from those making it. In that ...read more

Shrinebuilder: first preview track available for streaming

Posted on Friday, September 11th, 2009

Shrinebuilder, the “doom supergroup” with Saint Vitus / Obsessed / Spirit Caravan / Hidden Hand guitar hero Scott “Wino” Weinrich, Neurosis / Tribes of Neurot leader Scott Kelly, former Sleep and current Om bassist Al Cisneros, and Melvins drummer Dale Crover, has posted the first preview track, ‘Pyramid of the ...read more

OM: new track available for download

Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009

A new OM song, ‘Cremation Ghat II’ is now available for download at this location (courtesy of Stereogum)
According to Stereogum, “Judging from the instrumental lead track ‘Cremation Ghat II’,  Amos isn’t the only new element mixed into the psychedelic bass-and-drum duo’s arsenal. The collection crystallizes a Middle Eastern-vibe detected amid the ...read more

Album of the day: OM – God Is Good

Posted on Monday, September 7th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Stonerrock.com: It’s irrational, I know, but when a band I like loses half of its original members, I tend to get a little worried. It’s not as if there’s a proven mathematical formula that separates creative from uncreative, good from bad, but after a certain point, I ...read more

Artwork and tracklist Shrinebuilder album revealed

Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Finally, the artwork and track listing for the highly anticipated Shrinebuilder debut album, due in October via Neurot Recordings have been unveiled.
According to a press release, the CD is “a powerful culmination of its members’ distinct styles that coalesce into an entity of its own. Comprised of five epic passages ...read more

OM to release God is Good on September 8

Posted on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

OM will release their forthcoming studio album entitled God is Good on September 8th via Drag City. The album was recorded March 2009 by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, Chicago.
The track listing for the album is as follows:
Thebes
Meditation is the Practice of Death
Cremation Ghat I
Cremation Ghat II
Neurosis’ Scott Kelly recently ...read more