Name: Black Tar Prophecies Vol's 1, 2, & 3
Brand: Grails

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TRR284lp

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2017-03-17

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Secre­tly

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Sales:8.875

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656605328416

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Grails

Genre US

Post Rock

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Temporary Residence

Grails is an instrumental rock band originally from Portland, Oregon, USA. Currently, they are scattered across NYC, Berlin, Kentucky and Oregon. Their music has captivated audiences with its unique blend of genres and atmospheric soundscapes.

Inspired by the likes of *Red Sparowes*, *Do Make Say Think*, and *Russian Circles*, Grails has carved out their own niche in the instrumental rock scene. Their compositions evoke a wide range of emotions and transport listeners to otherworldly realms.

With influences ranging from post-rock to experimental metal, Grails' discography showcases their versatility as musicians. Fans of bands like *ISIS* and *Godspeed You! Black Emperor* will find solace in Grails' intricate arrangements and powerful performances.

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At the start of 2005 Grails returned to the US from a month-long European tour. Stepping off the plane, most of the band walked in one direction and the violinist strayed off into another. It ended up being the last time most anyone would see or talk to him. A bandmate for three albums in five years had vanished only to exist in the form of vague rumors. As the varied reports of brief encounters and sightings grew stranger and darker, theband began a series of recordings called Black Tar Prophecies. With newly liberated instrumental roles came new possibilities for the band's sound. In this way the collected Black Tar Prophecies Vols. 1, 2, &amp; 3 ends up being a more idiosyncratic mission statement for future Grails recordings, revealing their fondness for the '60s and '70s experimental artists that saw music as a process of discovery. A parallel was now forming between Grails and pioneering experimental bands like Faust who, rejecting their past, started over from the beginning to build new languages in music.Remastered for vinyl and reissued for the first time in over a decade, Black Tar Prophecies Vols. 1, 2, &amp; 3 is a massive evolutionary step in the established Grails sound and is shrouded in change and pain. The somewhat clinical studio sound and recording style with which they had established a tremendous following has been replaced with a much more free and conceptual recording style. This method liberated the group in thestudio and these recordings feel much more open, heavy, and psychedelic. This sound has always existed within Grails, but it was here that it became their identity.

Black Tar Prophecies Vol's 1, 2, & 3

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