It is said that great art has the power to take us outside
of ourselves and bring us closer to ourselves simultaneously. Few bands have
accomplished this rare feat on a more profound and consistent basis than NEUROSIS.
For nearly three decades, their music has touched the hearts and minds of young
men and women seeking contact with something beyond the physical world,
something intangible, something that expresses the inner tumult of the human
condition in a way that transcends time and space. Something that not only
provokes questions but maybe even hints at answers.
Since 1985 this matchless force has surpassed the boundaries
of any genre, never ceasing to mutate and progress their songwriting and sonic
delivery, and never failing to mesmerize audiences both in the studio and
onstage. And as the anticipation from their diehard fanbase reaches a boiling
point, this week NEUROSIS unveil the title of their eleventh
full-length studio creation, which will manifest itself as Honor Found
In Decay.
The follow-up to their acclaimed 2007-released Given
To The Rising album, the music on Honor Found In Decay is
both torturous and transcendent. It is the ongoing exposition of a vast
internal dialogue that seems to carry the weight of eons. With the right kind
of ears and eyes, it can seem like the trials and tribulations of mankind are
being channeled through five individuals: Steve Von Till, Scott Kelly, Noah
Landis, Jason Roeder and Dave Edwardson. And yet? They will be the first ones
to tell you that they are just regular people trying to make sense of the world
around them. Aided by Josh Graham, their resident visual guru, they transmit
their interpretations through multiple sensory planes. The degree to which
Neurosis allows them to step out of their everyday lives is the distance
between one and zero, the distance between thinking and doing, the distance between
this minute and the one that may or may not follow. Which is to say: NEUROSIS takes
them outside of themselves and brings them closer to themselves.
Simultaneously.
This next chapter in the evolution of NEUROSIS will
see worldwide release through the band’s own Neurot Recordings this Autumn, in Germany
October 26th, in the UK October 29th, and in North America on October 30th.
Further details on Honor Found In Decay will
be made available over the coming weeks.
NEUROSIS:
Scott Kelly – vocals/guitars
Steve Von Till – vocals/guitars
Dave Edwardson – bass
Jason Roeder – drums
Noah Landis – keyboards
Josh Graham – visual effects, art
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