Scions – “The Mountain”

Seems it’s a good day for sprawling orchestral folk collectives and it’s great to see another single out into the world from the upcoming debut from Canadian outfit Scions. The first taste of the upcoming album explored some of the ecstatic joy of their debut, but on “The Mountain,” the band finds a bit more darkness and dirge. Over chamber drone, the new song builds to a chaotic peak, pairing noise and dissonance with a maelstrom delivery from vocalist Cormac Culkeen.

Speaking on “The Mountain” band leader Michael Cloud Duguay said, “Much of this record deals with quiet intensities. With ‘The Mountain’, I wanted to push the limit of those intensities by exploring brutal noise, garnished with the same beauty found elsewhere on the record, to investigate both poles of our composition and performance.” The band’s new album To Cry Out In The Wilderness, is out November 8th from Idée Fixe Records.

<a href="https://scions.bandcamp.com/album/to-cry-out-in-the-wilderness">To Cry Out In The Wilderness by Scions</a>

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