No Holier Temple

Description

The album fuses the acoustic 70’s folk vibe of its predecessor into a more psychedelic, electric, doom-folk sound with Manzarek-like keys, screeching rhythmic Velvet Underground violins, Miles Davis trumpets and hypnotic freakouts. Weaving the uncanny songs together are the narrative vocals of Mat McNerney, who on this album has matured into the bastard child of Burke Shelley, young Jon Anderson and Paul Simon. Inspired by the progressive, spaced-out haze of bands like Amon Düül II, Van Der Graaf Generator and Ultimate Spinach, whose song ‘Your Head Is Reeling’ they cover with religious abandon.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Heaven and Earth Magic – Hexvessel
2. Woods to Conjure – Hexvessel
3. Wilderness Is! – Hexvessel
4. A Letter in Birch Bark – Hexvessel
5. Elegy to Goyahkla – Hexvessel
6. His Portal Tomb – Hexvessel
7. Are You Coniferous? – Hexvessel
Disc 2
1. Sacred Marriage – Hexvessel
2. Dues to the Dolmen – Hexvessel
3. Unseen Sun – Hexvessel
4. Your Head Is Reeling – Hexvessel