According to the online distance calculator I just consulted, Tokyo, Japan and Oakland, California are 5,127 miles away from each other. It doesn’t take a distance scientist to realize that the capital of Japan and the eighth-largest city in California are pretty far away. Really a shame, isn’t it? Though the two are so different, I feel like Tokyo could really learn a lot from Oakland and vice versa. Good thing we’ve got Southern Lord among us to make the two a little closer. On November 11, the venerable metal label will release a split 12-inch between Oakland’s Noothgrush and Tokyo’s Coffins.
Not only will this split bridge distances, it shall also bridge time. (Pulitzer Prize, here I come!) This release will act as Noothgrush’s first studio recording since 1998. Jeez, can’t get more historic than that, right? Wrong, you corn-eating bozo. As it turns out, the split also marks their first recording with Dino Sommese, formerly of sludge/crust legends Dystopia, on lead vocals. Dystopia’s first full-length was titled Human = Garbage, so expect misanthropy.
Having just put out a full-length last year (March of Despair), this release will prove somewhat less historic for Coffins. However, that shouldn’t matter, since the split’s press release describes the group’s music as the kind that “you would feel comfortable having as your soundtrack whilst riding a Harley Davidson into hell like you own the place.” Truly, that says it all.
• Noothgrush: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Noothgrush/193662010656114
• Coffins: http://www.coffins.jp
• Southern Lord: http://www.southernlord.com
More about: Coffins, Noothgrush
