Seattle doom quartet SAMOTHRACE have just
issued a statement on their unfortunate but necessary withdrawal from the
pending East Coast tour with Pallbearer and Royal Thunder, set to embark in
just one week:
"Samothrace is very sorry to announce that we will
have to cancel our part on the upcoming tour with Pallbearer and Royal Thunder
due to an immediate illness in the family of a band member. The most important
thing right now is family. We are stoked to have had the opportunity to do the
tour and will be planning to make our way out east in the near future. We
appreciate the understanding."
SAMOTHRACE just wrapped up a five-city West
Coast tour last week in support of their acclaimed sophomore LP Reverence
To Stone, released via 20 Buck Spin at the end of July. The
album was recorded at Soundhouse Studios in Seattle with producer Brandon
Fitzsimmons (ex-Wormwood) and mastered atEarhammer by Greg Wilkinson
(Brainoil, Graves At Sea).
Reverence To Stone is still streaming in its
entirety VIA PITCHFORK.
Review copies of Reverence To Stone and
interviews with SAMOTHRACE via phone or email are available
worldwide now via Earsplit PR.
"...Samothrace position themselves on a weird axis
between Sabbathian doom worship and psychedelic freak-out sludge (á la Cough or
Rwake), along with an Isis-esque rhythmic complexity and molten tempo.
8/10" - Decibel
"...the second full-length from Seattle quartet
Samothrace for 20 Buck Spin comprises only two tracks, but they're diverse and
dynamic enough to prove that the breadth of doom is wider than a stylistic
rut." - Pitchfork
"There is emotional comfort to be found in mutual
despair, and there is no doubt that Reverence To Stone is a masterwork of
shared woe. 4/5" - About.com
"A vital, forward-thinking entity in the
ever-backwards and retrograde world of sludge, Samothrace are an absolute
treasure. 8/10" - Blistering
"While there are a lot of bands working with a
similar aesthetic palette, nobody sounds like Samothrace." - RVA Mag
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