Cargo Records

Eight Bells

Eight Bells is the follow-up to The Red Veil (Strange Attractors) and the first new release from Subarachnoid Space in four years. Featuring the current line-up of Daniel Barone, Melynda Jackson, Lauren K. Newman, Daniel Osborne, and Steven Wray Lobdell, the album continues in the same heavy, lysergic vein as their last couple of post-Release records, fusing wicked metallic crunch with ethereal, effects-laden guitar freakouts and some of their most narcotized jamming yet.

he band’s last couple of records pointed toward a heavier direction, and this new material continues on that trajectory, with blazing luminous axe-howl over hypnotic heavy acid riffage and dense squalls of sound. Eight Bells clocks in at just under 40 minutes and is packaged with stunning new artwork from Stephen Kasner.

“[O]n these loping workouts their music sustains a fierce energy level and builds into a relentless mass of rhythm and fury.” The Wire.

“Another colourful entry in the log book of the modern psychedelic underground.” Terrorizer (8/10 rating).