DARSOMBRA Climax Community [CD]

Founded by Brian Daniloski, a veteran of Meatjack and Trephine, transcendental rock outfit DARSOMBRA alternates between mammoth vocal swells and soundscapes and searing guitar riffs, leads, loops, and samples. Take one part metal, one part psychedelic rock, one part experimental, and a dash of prog and krautrock, and you begin to have an idea why DARSOMBRA may require its own genre. Visual artist Ann Everton takes these works to the next level by providing kinetic psychotropic video projections, creating a constantly shifting backdrop to the unit’s recorded and live performances. The three tracks on Climax Community traverse forty-five minutes of unique, slow-building, organic transcendental rock, and explore realms of the musical cosmos not present on their previous releases. The album includes a direct link to the visual part of this project which should be viewed while engulfing oneself in the audio. The CD comes in a 4-panel digifile package with matte varnish; this is one of the first 300 copies housed in a limited wooden cigar box. [Exile On Mainstream]