Xasthur: Victims of the Times
Xasthur: Victims of the Times
Format: VINYL LP
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Artist: Xasthur
Label: Lupus Lounge
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 884388411111
Genre: Folk
With "Victims of the Times", Xasthur deliver an acid folk road trip through the dark underbelly of the American dream. As if channeling the intense atmosphere of Neil Gaiman's novel "American Gods" and later David Lynch movies, mastermind Scott Conner captures the vacant stares of opiate addicts, hungry eyes of the homeless and dispossessed, the endless horizons of the Midwest, rain dripping mountain forests as well as urban nightmares of the rust belt. With the sharp observing eye of a passionate chronicler such as the giant of American folk BOB DYLAN, the stories that Scott feels compelled to tell as a musician are also driven by personal experiences. Xasthur were originally conceived by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Scott Conner in California, USA in 1995 as a bleak black metal project in the tradition of the Nordic second wave. Over the course of nine albums and a host of split-singles, EPs, and occasional demos, Xasthur's individual, particularly depressive style became highly regarded within the genre, and the band became seen as one of the most important spearheads of US black metal. In 2010, Scott announced the end of Xasthur and returned with an acoustic dark folk project under the banner of NOCTURNAL POISONING. In 2015, the American artist returned to the name Xasthur, but declared his black metal days to be over. Today, Xasthur set course into their musical future with an updated line-up and an ambitious album that refines dirt, grit, and the darkest sides of the USA into a feverish, soul-troubling compilation of 21st century Americana. Tracklist: 01. Same Old Suspects 02. Dust of What Was 03. Mirror in the Face 04. Unsolvable Puzzles 05. Fairy Tale Ideologies 06. Medieval Acid Folk 07. Stars amongst Failures 08. Reality Is the Unknown 09. Estranged 10. Postponing My Funeral 11. Static of Uncreativity 12. A Future to Fear 13. Ghost of an Excuse 14. Mirrormindfuck 15. Benefits of Dying 16. Victims of the Times 17. Digital Beast 18. Home Is Nowhere 19. Allegiance to the Meaningless 20. Justify Your End 21. In Search of Sanity 22. Voluntary Prisoners Bonus tracks (artbook only): 23. Untitled 24. Never What You Were 25. If I Broke Your Face Tracks 1-24 as unmixed and raw instrumental versions
Tracks:
1.1 Same Old Suspects
1.2 Dust of What Was
1.3 Mirror in the Face
1.4 Unsolvable Puzzles
1.5 Fairy Tale Ideologies
1.6 Medieval Acid Folk
1.7 Stars Amongst Failures
1.8 Reality Is the Unknown
1.9 Estranged
1.10 Postponing My Funeral
2.1 Static of Uncreativity
2.2 A Future to Fear
2.3 Ghost of An Excuse
2.4 Mirrormindfuck
2.5 Benefits of Dying
2.6 Victims of the Times
2.7 Digital Beast
2.8 Home Is Nowhere
2.9 Allegiance to the Meaningless
2.10 Justify Your End
2.11 In Search of Sanity
2.12 Voluntary Prisoners
