Stillicide | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: Sargent House – SH 164
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Sep 2, 2016
Genre: Rock
Style:

1        More Weight    1:35
2        Untoxicated    3:02
3        Tit To Toe    4:01
4        Meats And Milks    5:19
5        Stillicide    3:08
6        Galloping Mind Fuk    2:44
7        Creeping You Company    5:05
8        Dream Long    2:39
9        Bullygoat    2:28
10        Andromenous    4:00
11        Worth Your Wild    6:28

Recorded At – Godcity Recording Studio
Mixed At – Godcity Recording Studio
Pressed By – Disc Makers – MAG4817
Artwork [Inside Artwork] – Ben Verellen
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Robert Cheeseman
Layout [Layout Design] – Ammo (11)
Musician [Helms Alee Is] – Hozoji Matheson-Margullis*, Ben Verellen, Dana James
Recorded By, Mixed By – Kurt Ballou
Released in 6-panel Digipak with clear tray & lyrics on inner sleeve.

[Inner sleeve:]
Recorded and mixed at GodCity [...].
Barcode (Text): 6 34457 72772 4
Barcode (Scanned UPC_A): 634457727724

Helms Alee, the Washington state trio of Ben Verellen (guitar, vocals), Dana James (bass, vocals), and Hozoji Margullis (drums, vocals) have announced their fourth album, Stillcide, which continue their sonic tradition of blending heavy riffs, dark guitar pop, and math rock into songs that are at turns brutal, anthemic, and cerebrally engaging. Helms Alee delivers the kind of expertly crafted, dynamic, nuanced, and diverse songwriting that is both instantly intriguing and‚Äîas evidenced by their previous albums Night Terror (2008), Weatherhead (2011), and Sleepwalking Sailors (2014)‚Äîincreasingly gratifying after repeated listens. After nearly a decade of existence, one can only assume that a band is either entering their sunset years or striding with such artistic strength and confidence that they are creating a whole new legacy for themselves. With Helms Alee, it is obviously the latter scenario. The band set a high bar for themselves, but every subsequent release has trumped their previous endeavors. Bolstered by the recording and production expertise of Kurt Ballou at God City Studios, Stillicide is not only the group‚Äôs strongest collection of songs, it is arguably their best sounding release to date. The heavier moments are that much more oppressive; their melodic angles are that much more beguiling, and the juxtaposition between Verellen‚Äôs patriarchal roar and the siren song vocals of James and Margullis is that much more exhilarating. If there was only one band you could listen to for the rest of your life, Helms Alee would satiate most every emotional yearning. And if you could only pick one of their albums, you‚Äôd gravitate towards the best document of their textural range and songwriting chops. You‚Äôd gravitate towards Stillicide.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD 6panel Digipak
• Format: CD
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: CD
• Released: 9/02/2016
• Internal ID: JITRE