THIEF · Sermons from the Pit | 2CD ARTBOOK

2-CD hardcover book (18 x 18cm, 48 pages) with liner notes, extended artwork and exclusive bonus CD featuring 9 tracks. Limited edition.

Background information about 'Sermons from the Pit'

For the many die-hard fans of Thief who have been waiting with bated breath, "Sermons from the Pit" will feel immediately familiar. Yet mastermind Dylan Neal is once again exploring thrilling new dimensions of his unique sound. Even though this release is crammed with diabolic complexities, layers of detail and full of surprising twists, the fifth album from the Los Angeles-based electronic experimentalists is remarkably accessible and offers a deceptively straightforward listening experience on its sonic surface.

Thief have put their focus on creating amazing songs. This does not mean easy listening and the sweet stickiness of pop-infused bubbles. "Sermons from the Pit" is easily Thief's darkest and most emotionally charged work of art so far. Shaped by a difficult period of personal trouble and sorrow for Dylan Neal, this album revolves around themes of collapse, belief, suffering, identity, violence and renewal. The record expands electronic sound with a heavy blown-out production, trip-hop atmosphere, jungle drum'n'bass patterns, industrial textures, glitched choir samples and at times what Dylan Neal likes to call a "deconstructed black metal undercurrent". He again used "cathedral clipping" as a key production element, i.e. extreme distortion, clipping, reverb, feedback and mangled synth-choir sounds that create a cavernous, sacred yet damaged atmosphere. With "Sermons from the Pit", Thief take their audience on a downward journey into the pit of intense emotional pain, which turns out to be full of unexpected beauty and sonic wonders. And at the end of this musical darkness lies a promise of hopeful release.

For fans of:
Sonic Youth, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, Massive Attack

Track listing

CD 1:

1. Violent Bloom
2. Moon and Kill
3. Axe Swung Ritual
4. MIrror Mirror
5. Sun Slasher
6. Year of the Leech
7. Sermons from the Pit
8. Comet Sorcery
9. Poison Drum
10. Anaphora
11. Closing Scene

CD 2 (Bonus):

1. One Of Us Has To Die
2. Mutiny
3. Grist
4. A Drowning on Christmas Day
5. Physicker
6. Feindsender
7. Coward
8. Leech Feedback
9. Pit Ether

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