DevotionalĀ is the new collaborative release from The Lord (Greg Anderson of Sunn O))), Goatsnake, and Engine Kid) with vocalist and violinist Petra Haden.
This five-song EP (three newbies plus St. Vitus and Black Oak Arkansas covers released on rare comps) comes like four years after the last Goatsnake release.
Featuring members of Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age, Goatsnake, and Fatso Jetson, this thing is full of acoustic guitars, horn sections, and mellowness.
A throbbing, updated roll rooted in the ’68-’72 germination of the heavy gunk that wasn’t progressive or fusion-oriented. Heavy, bluesy, hard rock-based doom.
For those of you who are curious about all of this heavy/desert/stoner rock stuff that you’re hearing so much about these days, this is the perfect CD for you.
Ranging from angry, distorted howls to soulful, dirty dirge rock, the bands here assembled show their influences of vintage guitar rock, metal, and grunge.