Boris / Joe Volk (VINYL LP)

Boris / Joe Volk (VINYL LP)In the heady blue haze of 2007 a meeting of minds took place. Portishead curated ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas that year and amongst the artists they selected were the irrepressible Japanese band Boris, and Bristol singer songwriter Joe Volk. From seeing each other play that weekend, a friendship formed that lay the foundations for this Boris Joe Volk release. This split album is a juxtaposition of styles from the same mindset. One story told two

” Some people leave New York City for the weekend and go to the Hamptons

love and loss

and the awesome blues guitar contribution of Albert Frost is enough to send shivers down your spine

” “Selling The Drama”) and has since been certified 8x multiplatinum by the RIAA

each version unfolding with fresh power

reuniting with Johnson for the first time since Fruit Bats’ 2019 breakthrough Gold Past Life

This new reissue was remastered by Jack Shirley at the Atomic Garden (Deafheaven

they’ve also begun to make an instrumental series called the IC where they spend time in a chosen city and improvise and collaborate on non-vocal music

In this sense

Piers Faccini

it was never the same again

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